Dictionary entry
Self-service
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlfˈsəːvɪs/
Pronunciation
/ˌsɛlfˈsəːvɪs/
Myanmar Meaning
ကိုယ်တိုင်ယူ၍ ငွေရှင်းရသောစနစ်။
Definition
self-service /self 'sɜ:vÇs/ n [U] ကိုယ္တိုင္ယူ၍ ေငြရွင္းရေသာစနစ္။ self-service adj : a self-service petrol-station.
Examples
- ‘Friends thought Tomás Garvey was mad when
- in 1969
- he decided to open Dingle's first self-service grocery store
- a revolutionary concept at the time.’
- ‘The former stables and coach house are now studios
- workshops
- retail outlets and a self-service restaurant which overlooks the cobbled courtyard of Kilkenny Castle.’
- ‘If he takes goods in a self-service supermarket he may be guilty of both offences.’
- ‘Before 1950
- when the first Sainsbury's self-service store opened in Croydon
- shoppers used the parade of ‘convenience stores’ known as the high street.’
- ‘On my return
- I converted the Brigade Road store into a self-service supermarket.’
- ‘Should customers require any assistance using the self-service checkouts for the first time
- our staff are always on hand to help.’
- ‘The very idea of a self-service grocery checkout is strange and wonderful.’
- ‘They make store checkout scanners
- including self-service scanners.’
- ‘Those customers that do self-service transactions are the ones who are most satisfied.’
- ‘The stall became a shop
- and in 1962 the young William opened his first self-service store in an old Bradford cinema.’
- ‘While they reported that some items were better suited to a specific type of service
- the conclusion was that the average weekly turnover of the self-service shops was 37 per cent higher than that of their counterparts.’
- ‘Now
- in some stores
- even check-out is self-service
- meaning labor in the grocery store is almost entirely out of sight.’
- ‘On the entrance floor level
- the Winter Garden has a self-service restaurant and dining area and a shop where the emphasis is on fine art publications rather than tasteful tea cosies.’
- ‘In a self-service store
- I buy matches from an Indian woman in a sari of deep colors.’
- ‘There are both non-smoking and smoking areas in the restaurant and a self-service counter.’
- ‘Britain's first self-service store
- Sainsbury's
- opened in Croydon.’
- ‘The fact that Ikea is a self-service store that doesn't do business over the phone doesn't really strike me as something to get quite so bothered about.’
- ‘These days
- shoppers can use self-service checkouts at supermarkets
- which in the future could remove the need for staff.’
- ‘To cut costs
- many retailers have been introducing productivity-boosting measures
- such as self-service checkout lines.’
- ‘The emergence of self-service grocery stores and the subsequent development of supermarkets have helped to transform the culture of British retailing and
- with it
- the way people shop.’