self-serve
adjective
: permitting or offering self-service
self-serve gas
a self-serve farm stand
These hotels are surprisingly good—with fresh beds, flat-panel TVs, self-serve breakfast buffets and free wireless broadband.—
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Others have been listed for sale or have cut back on labor, renovating and adding machinery to soap and scrub as well as self-serve vacuum stations.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Secondly — and perhaps most notably — a self-serve tap wall beckons customers to grab a cup and pour their own beer.
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Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
The move has already sparked reactions online from customers surprised to see the self-serve soda fountains gone.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
Set up a self-serve drink station so guests can refill their own coffee or pour a glass of wine, arrange the food buffet-style if that suits your space, and keep the schedule flexible rather than rigid.
—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Secondly — and perhaps most notably — a self-serve tap wall beckons customers to grab a cup and pour their own beer.
—
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
The move has already sparked reactions online from customers surprised to see the self-serve soda fountains gone.
—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
Set up a self-serve drink station so guests can refill their own coffee or pour a glass of wine, arrange the food buffet-style if that suits your space, and keep the schedule flexible rather than rigid.
—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for self-serve
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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