self-service
noun
self-ser·vice
ˈself-ˈsər-vəs 
: the serving of oneself (as in a restaurant or gas station) with goods or services to be paid for at a cashier's desk or by using a coin-operated mechanism or a credit or debit card
self-service
adjective
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Border points across Schengen have already installed lines of self-service kiosks for travelers to register.
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
What To Know Although Post Offices will be closed on Monday, customers can still access a variety of postal products and services at more than 2,600 self-service kiosks located in select post office lobbies nationwide.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The products were sold at deli and self-service cases in Kroger stores throughout 28 states, including Ohio and Kentucky.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
Inspectors found a dying German cockroach on a shelf below the self-service pastry display case, as well as multiple dead cockroaches behindthe cabinet door below the unit.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
What To Know Although Post Offices will be closed on Monday, customers can still access a variety of postal products and services at more than 2,600 self-service kiosks located in select post office lobbies nationwide.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The products were sold at deli and self-service cases in Kroger stores throughout 28 states, including Ohio and Kentucky.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
Inspectors found a dying German cockroach on a shelf below the self-service pastry display case, as well as multiple dead cockroaches behindthe cabinet door below the unit.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-service
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“Self-service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-service. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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