service area
Britishnoun
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a place on a motorway providing garage services, restaurants, toilet facilities, etc
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the area within which a satisfactory signal can be received from a given radio transmitter
Example Sentences
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"This room is rented out for £1,200 a week. Social service rates pay a little over half of that," said Ms French.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022
For many Lebanese, who already pay some of the highest mobile service rates in the region — there are only two telecom companies in the country, both state-owned — this was going too far.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2019
A sudden increase in postal service rates would cost Amazon about $2.6 billion a year, according to an April report by Citigroup.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2018
Many customers had locked in service rates during the two-year price downturn when Halliburton laid off more than 35,000 employees.
From Reuters • May 18, 2017
Such a trend probably would drive up mobile service rates and reduce the number of phones and tablet computers available to wireless subscribers, he said.
From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 21, 2011
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