service area

British  

noun

1. a place on a motorway providing garage services, restaurants, toilet facilities, etc

2. the area within which a satisfactory signal can be received from a given radio transmitter

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Example Sentences

Waymo has been expanding its service area in San Francisco over the last several years and has established a presence in nine other major cities, including Los Angeles and Austin.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

That’s thrown uncertainty into officials’ goal of eventually bringing the approach to their whole service area, spanning 36 cities and unincorporated communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

In Brunner’s service area, treatment for a 10-inch DBH tree would cost roughly $800 to $1,200 per treatment, which generally is done every two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The company has expanded its service area in Austin over time.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover