service line

noun

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Definition of service line

: a line marked on a court in various games (such as handball or tennis) parallel to the front wall or to the net to mark a boundary of the service area or service court

Recent Examples of service line from the Web

On Derby Day, there were delays on 10 different routes that serve passengers going home or to work along the Broadway, Market Street, Taylorsville Road and Jeffersonville-New Albany service lines.

— phillip m. bailey, The Courier-Journal, "TARC riders left at the curb as driver shortages cancel buses," 15 May 2018
Surgery increases the chance of infection and other complications, said Dr. Alan Altman, TriHealth's vice chairman of the women’s service line.

— hannah sparling, Cincinnati.com, "We have always been mothers. But C-sections are changing how that is happening.," 10 May 2018
Its completion and production sales climbed 46 percent to $3.8 billion, and drilling and evaluation product and service lines rose 15 percent to $1.9 billion.

— collin eaton, Houston Chronicle, "Halliburton swings to profit despite Venezuela write down," 23 Apr. 2018
By mid-January, officials had cordoned off the 184-acre swath — including 350 service lines, 210 valves and 70 fire hydrants — into an advisory zone.

— lizzie johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, "Another gut punch for Santa Rosa: Fire destroys neighborhood water system," 15 Apr. 2018
Falcon Garo Barsemian then stepped to the service line and dropped an ace over the net to the middle of the court untouched by a Jackrabbit.

— nathan cambridge, latimes.com, "Crescenta Valley boys' volleyball wins wild one in five over Long Beach Poly," 6 May 2018
Avison Young has enlarged its Florida Capital Markets Group with the expansion of its Valuation & Advisory Services platform into Florida and addition of Chris Peckholdt as director of the service line.

— cindy kent, Sun-Sentinel.com, "People on the move: Navarro Lowrey announces executive appointments," 3 May 2018
Some service lines — the smaller pipes that connect homes to the main water line — can be replaced.

— lizzie johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, "Another gut punch for Santa Rosa: Fire destroys neighborhood water system," 15 Apr. 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency has warned that there is a potential for lead to break free from water pipes during the heavy construction that is happening as the service lines are replaced.

— monique judge, The Root, "#Flint: Michigan Cuts Off Bottled-Water Distribution, Claiming Water Quality Is Restored," 9 Apr. 2018

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