self-serve

adjective

ˈself-ˈsərv 

: 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.

—Rich Kalgaard

Examples of self-serve in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In nearby Big Lagoon State Park, visitors can rent kayaks or stand-up paddleboards from a self-serve kiosk to paddle saltwater tidal marshes or the Intracoastal Waterway. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026

Bubbsi’s goal is to eventually give customers the ability to go through a quick and frictionless process with a self-serve portal and her internal customer service team will be aided by the new platform on the backend. — Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Set up a casual self-serve spot so guests can refill without interrupting play. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026

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. — Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

self-serve

adjective

ˈself-ˈsərv

: permitting self-service