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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Executive Chef, Brandon Buck, curates a menu of shareable classics to go with 48 self-serve beer and wines on tap, and bottomless soft drinks, slushies, and coffee.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 20 July 2024
Flower pricing is posted in a shed, where supplies are available for visitors to do the self-serve U-Pick, according to the farm’s website.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024
Because they were initially sold in self-serve dispensers, customers could easily free-refill their way to several days’ allowance of caffeine in one sitting.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 17 July 2024
The company in 2022 bought Redbox, a dotcom-era survivor best known for its self-serve kiosks outside of pharmacies or groceries stores that let customers rent or sell DVDs.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 1 July 2024
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 20 July 2024
Flower pricing is posted in a shed, where supplies are available for visitors to do the self-serve U-Pick, according to the farm’s website.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024
Because they were initially sold in self-serve dispensers, customers could easily free-refill their way to several days’ allowance of caffeine in one sitting.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 17 July 2024
The company in 2022 bought Redbox, a dotcom-era survivor best known for its self-serve kiosks outside of pharmacies or groceries stores that let customers rent or sell DVDs.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 1 July 2024
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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