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full-service

American

[fool-sur-vis] / ˈfʊlˈsɜr vɪs /

adjective

Commerce.

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

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Outback Steakhouse is not the only full-service casual dining restaurant to face challenges since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

“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

Like Yue Wa, Gu Grocery will operate as a small corner store rather than a full-service grocery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Prices for full-service meals and snacks, for example, are up 3.7% over the past year, federal data show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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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