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full-service

American  
[fool-sur-vis] / ˈfʊlˈsɜr vɪs /

adjective

Commerce.
  1. offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.


Etymology

Origin of full-service

First recorded in 1955–60


Example Sentences

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“You cannot buy that same size unit with the views it has in a full-service building pretty much anywhere in Boston,” Sarkis told Boston.com.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The licenses were among the industry’s most coveted prizes because the city, with 8.6 million residents, had no full-service casino until this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The neighborhood’s last full-service grocery stores, Ai Hoa and G&G markets, closed permanently in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Most sellers, however, will be lucky to pay less than 6%, although some full-service transactions are negotiated closer to 4% to 5%, depending on the brokerage and property.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Some phrases beginning with full are hyphenated: full-blooded, full-blown, full- bodied, full-bore, full-fledged, full-scale, full-service, full-size, full-time, and so on.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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