self-serveadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈsəːv/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈsərv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, serve v.¹

Etymology: < self- prefix + serve v.¹ Compare slightly later self-service n. 2, self-service adj.

Originally and chiefly North American.

A. adj. (chiefly attributive).

1. Designating a shop, restaurant, petrol station, etc., in which customers serve themselves, rather than being attended to by a member of staff. Also designating a facility such as a launderette, in which customers carry out a particular service themselves. Cf. self-service adj. 2a, 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop

high streetc1600

co-op1872

multiple1903

fixed price1907

serve-self1909

serve-yourself1909

quick-service1910

self-serve1910

self-service1912

drive-through1918

Army and Navy1919

drive-in1930

one-stop1933

Army-Navy1934

full-service1934

mom-and-pop1942

walkround1950

ma-and-pa1965

pop-up1993

1910 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 14 Nov. 12/6 It's woman's wants that have created the two-ounce package of smoking for a nickel, the self-serve eating house and the 49-cent shirt.

1939 Van Wert (Ohio) Times-Bull. 20 Nov. 1/2 The cafeteria..offered low cost food through cutting of overhead by the fact that it was self-serve.

1961 Financial Times 24 Oct. 16/3 (advt.) Frigidaire coin-operated self-serve laundry shops.

1981 Univ. Coll. London Bull. Dec. 4/2 Self-serve counters would replace the current type.

2007 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Metro section) 1 There was..a strip of all the usual fast-food places, drugstores and self-serve gas stations that ran parallel to the interstate.

2. Designating goods sold by a self-serve shop, restaurant, etc. (see sense A. 1). Cf. self-service adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > types of goods

homemade1565

consumable1692

in nature1719

inconsumable1785

soft1833

tenderable1868

orderable1872

self-serve1918

offshore1947

house-made1972

1918 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 8 Oct. 6/5 (advt.) An unusual quality skirt—in a very excellent style... One of the many self serve bargains at each $7.77.

1966 Economist 1 Oct. 2/3 Why not take advantage of the growing market for prepacked, self-serve foods?

1980 State Competition in Gasoline Marketing (U.S. Dept. Energy) III. 79 I am forced to market my self-serve gasoline at the price of other self-serve outlets in town.

2004 M. M. Bell et al. Farming for us All viii. 201 I stopped in the last town for self-serve coffee and a homemade doughnut.

B. n.

1. A commercial establishment, esp. a petrol station, in which customers serve themselves, rather than being attended to by a member of staff. Cf. self-service n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > other retail establishments

parlour1863

self-serve1918

while-you-wait1929

self-service1944

1918 Sunday Morning Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 11 Aug. 11/1 (advt.) It is your patriotic duty to eat at a ‘self serve’ where the number of employees is reduced to the minimum.

1951 R. Cassady & W. L. Jones Nature of Competition in Gasoline Distribution x. 153 The self-serves cannot reduce prices from their present level because their costs will not justify any reductions.

1978 Pop. Mech. Aug. 144/3 Price per gallon of good 'ol No. 2 ranged from a low of 50.9 cents at a self-serve in Tyler, Tex., to 64.9 cents in New Orleans.

2005 V. Grant Quid Pro Quo xlii. 147 The gas tank thing kept binging, till about twenty clicks down the road he finally gave in and pulled up at a self-serve.

2. The system used esp. in a shop, restaurant, etc., by which customers serve themselves, instead of being attended to by a member of staff. Cf. self-service n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > shopping > shopping by specific method

home shopping1874

mail order1906

self-service1913

self-serve1919

comparison shopping1921

teleshopping1944

full-service1978

online shopping1982

1919 Business Digest & Investm. Weekly 6 May 571/3 The idea of self-serve is incorporated to a certain extent, the people helping themselves and merely passing along the proper amount of money to pay for the goods obtained.

1939 Jefferson (Iowa) Herald 2 Nov. 1/8 Fixtures have been changed to adapt the store to self-serve and everything is in readiness.

1974 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 11 Sept. 22/3 A marginal operation can be revitalized almost overnight by converting to self-serve.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways x. i. 403 The age of self-serve.

2012 D. S. Kennedy & C. Kessler No B.S. Guide to Marketing to Leading Edge Boomers & Seniors xix. 178 The erasure of service and shift to self-serve was a gradual process that began with the first serve-yourself grocery store chain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-serve
释义	self-serveadj.n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈsəːv/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈsərv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, serve v.¹ Etymology: < self- prefix + serve v.¹ Compare slightly later self-service n. 2, self-service adj. Originally and chiefly North American. A. adj. (chiefly attributive). 1. Designating a shop, restaurant, petrol station, etc., in which customers serve themselves, rather than being attended to by a member of staff. Also designating a facility such as a launderette, in which customers carry out a particular service themselves. Cf. self-service adj. 2a, 2b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop high streetc1600 co-op1872 multiple1903 fixed price1907 serve-self1909 serve-yourself1909 quick-service1910 self-serve1910 self-service1912 drive-through1918 Army and Navy1919 drive-in1930 one-stop1933 Army-Navy1934 full-service1934 mom-and-pop1942 walkround1950 ma-and-pa1965 pop-up1993 1910 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 14 Nov. 12/6 It's woman's wants that have created the two-ounce package of smoking for a nickel, the self-serve eating house and the 49-cent shirt. 1939 Van Wert (Ohio) Times-Bull. 20 Nov. 1/2 The cafeteria..offered low cost food through cutting of overhead by the fact that it was self-serve. 1961 Financial Times 24 Oct. 16/3 (advt.) Frigidaire coin-operated self-serve laundry shops. 1981 Univ. Coll. London Bull. Dec. 4/2 Self-serve counters would replace the current type. 2007 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Metro section) 1 There was..a strip of all the usual fast-food places, drugstores and self-serve gas stations that ran parallel to the interstate. 2. Designating goods sold by a self-serve shop, restaurant, etc. (see sense A. 1). Cf. self-service adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > types of goods homemade1565 consumable1692 in nature1719 inconsumable1785 soft1833 tenderable1868 orderable1872 self-serve1918 offshore1947 house-made1972 1918 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 8 Oct. 6/5 (advt.) An unusual quality skirt—in a very excellent style... One of the many self serve bargains at each $7.77. 1966 Economist 1 Oct. 2/3 Why not take advantage of the growing market for prepacked, self-serve foods? 1980 State Competition in Gasoline Marketing (U.S. Dept. Energy) III. 79 I am forced to market my self-serve gasoline at the price of other self-serve outlets in town. 2004 M. M. Bell et al. Farming for us All viii. 201 I stopped in the last town for self-serve coffee and a homemade doughnut. B. n. 1. A commercial establishment, esp. a petrol station, in which customers serve themselves, rather than being attended to by a member of staff. Cf. self-service n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > other retail establishments parlour1863 self-serve1918 while-you-wait1929 self-service1944 1918 Sunday Morning Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 11 Aug. 11/1 (advt.) It is your patriotic duty to eat at a ‘self serve’ where the number of employees is reduced to the minimum. 1951 R. Cassady & W. L. Jones Nature of Competition in Gasoline Distribution x. 153 The self-serves cannot reduce prices from their present level because their costs will not justify any reductions. 1978 Pop. Mech. Aug. 144/3 Price per gallon of good 'ol No. 2 ranged from a low of 50.9 cents at a self-serve in Tyler, Tex., to 64.9 cents in New Orleans. 2005 V. Grant Quid Pro Quo xlii. 147 The gas tank thing kept binging, till about twenty clicks down the road he finally gave in and pulled up at a self-serve. 2. The system used esp. in a shop, restaurant, etc., by which customers serve themselves, instead of being attended to by a member of staff. Cf. self-service n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > shopping > shopping by specific method home shopping1874 mail order1906 self-service1913 self-serve1919 comparison shopping1921 teleshopping1944 full-service1978 online shopping1982 1919 Business Digest & Investm. Weekly 6 May 571/3 The idea of self-serve is incorporated to a certain extent, the people helping themselves and merely passing along the proper amount of money to pay for the goods obtained. 1939 Jefferson (Iowa) Herald 2 Nov. 1/8 Fixtures have been changed to adapt the store to self-serve and everything is in readiness. 1974 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 11 Sept. 22/3 A marginal operation can be revitalized almost overnight by converting to self-serve. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways x. i. 403 The age of self-serve. 2012 D. S. Kennedy & C. Kessler No B.S. Guide to Marketing to Leading Edge Boomers & Seniors xix. 178 The erasure of service and shift to self-serve was a gradual process that began with the first serve-yourself grocery store chain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1910
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