service center

American  

noun

1. an authorized commercial establishment for repairs and replacement parts for appliances or cars.

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Etymology

Origin of service center

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The most recent federally driven encampment closure Street Sense identified was on Aug. 18, when MPD officers again visited the area by the city’s Downtown Day Service Center.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2025

Leaders of the Little Tokyo Service Center, established in 1980, realized they had limited power to prevent private property owners from raising rents or evicting tenants.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

Watanabe, 80, who was born in the Manzanar incarceration camp and was the founding executive director of the Little Tokyo Service Center, remains committed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

So too are nonmanagerial workers in Legislative Support Services, Legislative Service Center and Office of the Code Reviser, who do not work full time on drafting and finalizing legislation.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Richard LaFond, director of the agency’s Technical Service Center, wrote that if the reservoir were to decline below the minimum level for generating electricity, “there are concerns with relying on the river outlet works.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024