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

Examples of self-service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The second story involves a customer service operations director who faced pressure from their leadership and board of directors to leverage AI self-service and agent-assist technologies to help drive improvements in service outcomes and productivity. —Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Solving Infrastructure Complexity With Developer Simplicity With more leaders interested in hybrid/multi-cloud solutions to meet compliance and autonomy needs, Codesphere aims to fill this void with a speedy, easy-to-use self-service developer platform for its clients. —Jason Phillips, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

Central Terminal’s check-in area, between Concourses F and G, has been upgraded and now has modern ticket counters and self-service baggage-drop stations. —Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025

Nearly 90 percent of calls are now resolved through self-service or callbacks. —Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-service

• disservice
• preservice
• interservice
• nervous
• nervus

Kids Definition

self-service

noun

self-ser·​vice

ˈself-ˈsər-vəs

: the serving of oneself (as in a restaurant or gas station) with things to be paid for at a cashier's desk or by means of a mechanism that is operated by coins

self-service adjective