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service [sεʀvis]━━━━━━━━━2. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. service• prendre qn à son service to take sb into one's service► en service [installation, usine] in service• la mise en service des nouveaux autobus est prévue pour juin the new buses are due to be put into service in June► hors service [appareil] out of order attrib ; [personne] (inf) shattered (inf)b. ( = travail) duty• qui est de service cette nuit ? who's on duty tonight?c. ( = département) department ; ( = administration) service• les services de santé/postaux health/postal servicesd. ( = faveur, aide) servicee. (à table, au restaurant) service ; ( = pourboire) service charge• passe-moi les amuse-gueules, je vais faire le service hand me the appetizers, I'll pass them round• deuxième service ( = série de repas) second sittingf. ( = assortiment) set2. <• une télévision de service public a public television company ► les services secrets the secret service━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Until 1997, French men over the age of 18 who were passed as fit, and who were not in full-time higher education, were required to do ten months' service militaire. Conscientious objectors were required to do two years' community service.Since 1997, military service has been suspended in France. However, all sixteen-year-olds, both male and female, are required to register for a compulsory one-day training course, the « journée défense et citoyenneté », which covers basic information on the principles and organization of defence in France, and also advises on career opportunities in the military and in the voluntary sector. Young people must attend the training day before their eighteenth birthday.* * *sɛʀvis
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nom masculin1) (action serviable, faveur)je peux te demander un service? — ( action serviable) can I ask you to do something for me?; ( faveur) can I ask you a favour [BrE]?
2) ( liaison) service3) ( fonctionnement)être en service — [ascenseur] ( en train de fonctionner) to be working; ( en état de fonctionner) to be in working order; [autoroute] to be open; [ligne de métro, de bus] to be running
être hors service — [ascenseur] to be out of order
entrer en service — [ligne de métro, autoroute] to be opened, to come into service
mettre en service — to bring [something] into service [appareil, véhicule]; to open [gare, autoroute, ligne de bus]
4) ( aide)rendre service à quelqu'un — [machine, appareil] to be a help to somebody; [route, passage, magasin] to be convenient (for somebody)
5) ( action de servir) serviceje suis à leur service — ( employé) I work for them; ( dévoué) I'm at their disposal
‘à votre service!’ — ( je vous en prie) ‘don't mention it!’, ‘not at all!’
‘que puis-je faire or qu'y a-t-il pour votre service?’ — ‘may I help you?’
6) ( à table) service12% pour le service — 12% service charge
faire le service — ( servir les plats) to serve; ( desservir) to act as waiter
7) ( des gens de maison) (domestic) serviceprendre quelqu'un à son service — to take somebody on, to engage somebody
escalier de service — backstairs (pl), service stairs (pl)
8) ( obligations professionnelles) serviceêtre de or en service — to be on duty
son service se termine à — he/she comes off duty at
être en service commandé — [policier] to be acting under orders
état de service(s) — record of service, service record
9) ( section administrative) departmentservice des urgences — casualty department GB, emergency room US
les services d'espionnage or de renseignements — the intelligence services
les services du Premier Ministre se refusent à tout commentaire — the Prime Minister's office has refused to comment
chef de service — ( dans une administration) section head; ( dans un hôpital) senior consultant
10) Arméeservice (militaire) — military ou national service
partir au service — (colloq) to go off to do one's military service
être bon pour le service — lit to be passed fit for military service; fig hum to be passed fit
reprendre du service — to re-enlist, to sign up again
11) ( vaisselle) set12) Religion service13) Sport service, serveêtre au service — to serve ou be serving
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services nom masculin pluriel servicesPhrasal Verbs:* * *sɛʀvis1. nm1) (= aide, faveur) favour Grande-Bretagne favor USAIl aime rendre service. — He likes to help.
2) (= travail)3) (= fonctionnement)être en service [machine] — to be in service, to be in operation
mettre en service — to put into service, to put into operation
hors service — not in use, (= en panne) out of order
4) (= bureau) department, section5) (= pourboire) service chargeLe service est compris. — Service is included.
6) (= repas)premier/deuxième service — first/second sitting
7) (= vaisselle) set, service8) TENNIS serve, serviceIl a un bon service. — He's got a good serve.
2. services nmplÉCONOMIE services* * *A nm1 (action serviable, faveur) je peux te demander un service? ( action serviable) can I ask you to do something for me?; ( faveur) can I ask you a favourGB?; pourrais-tu me rendre un petit service? could you do something for me?; tu m'as rendu service (en faisant cela) that was a great help; elle m'a rendu de nombreux services she's been very helpful; il est toujours prêt à rendre service he is always ready to help; rendre un mauvais service à qn to do sb a disservice; ce n'est pas un service à leur rendre or ce n'est pas leur rendre service que de faire leurs devoirs you are not helping them by doing their homework for them;2 ( liaison) service; service de bus bus service; le service d'été/d'hiver/de nuit the summer/winter/night service; le service n'est pas assuré le dimanche there's no service on Sundays; service réduit or partiel reduced service;3 ( fonctionnement) être en service [ascenseur] ( en train de fonctionner) to be working; ( en état de fonctionner) to be in working order; être en service [autoroute] to be open; [ligne de métro, de bus] to be running; [aérogare] to be open, to be in operation; ne pas être en service [ligne de métro] to be closed; être hors service [ascenseur] to be out of order; entrer en service [ligne de métro, aérogare, autoroute] to be opened, to come into service; mettre en service to bring [sth] into service [appareil, véhicule]; to open [gare, aérogare, autoroute, ligne de bus]; remettre en service to bring [sth] back into service [appareil]; to reopen [gare, autoroute] ; la mise or l'entrée en service de la ligne de bus the start of the new bus service; depuis la mise or l'entrée en service de cette route since the opening of this road;4 ( aide) rendre service à qn [machine, appareil] to be a help to sb; [route, passage, magasin] to be convenient (for sb); ça peut toujours rendre service it might come in handy;5 ( action de servir) gén service; être au service de son pays to serve one's country; ‘décoré pour service rendu’ ‘decorated for service to his/her country’; je suis à leur service ( employé) I work for them; ( dévoué) I'm at their disposal; travailler au service de la paix to work for peace; mettre son énergie/argent au service d'une cause to devote all one's energy/money to a cause; ‘à votre service!’ ( je vous en prie) ‘don't mention it!’, ‘not at all!’; ‘que puis- je faire or qu'y a-t-il pour votre service?’ ‘may I help you?’; ‘(nous sommes) à votre service madame’ ‘always pleased to be of assistance’;6 ( à table) service; le service est rapide ici the service here is quick; 30 euros service compris/non compris 30 euros service included/not included; le service n'est pas compris service is not included; 12% pour le service 12% service charge; faire le service ( servir les plats) to serve; ( desservir) to act as waiter; manger au premier service to go to the first sitting;7 ( des gens de maison) (domestic) service; être en service chez qn, être au service de qn to be in sb's service; entrer au service de qn to go to work for sb; prendre qn à son service to take sb on, to engage sb; avoir plusieurs personnes à son service to have several people working for one; escalier de service back stairs (pl), service stairs (pl); entrée de service tradesmen's entrance GB, service entrance;8 ( obligations professionnelles) service; avoir 20 ans de service dans une entreprise to have been with a firm 20 years; être de or en service to be on duty; l'infirmière de service the duty nurse, the nurse on duty; prendre son service à to come on duty at; elle n'avait pas assuré son service ce jour-là she hadn't come on duty that day; assurer le service de qn to cover for sb; il ne fume pas pendant les heures de service he doesn't smoke on duty; son service se termine à he comes off duty at; être en service commandé [policier] to be on an official assignment, to be acting under orders; état de service(s) record of service, service record; le service de nuit night duty; pharmacie de service duty chemist; être de service de garde ( dans un hôpital) to be on duty; ( médecin généraliste) to be on call; service en temps de paix Mil peace-time service; être or jouer l'idiot de service to be the house clown;9 ( section administrative) department; service administratif/culturel/du personnel administrative/cultural/personnel department; le service de psychiatrie/de cardiologie the psychiatric/cardiology department; le service des urgences the casualty department GB ou emergency room US; les blessés furent conduits au service des urgences the injured were taken to casualty GB ou to ER US; service de réanimation intensive care unit; les services de sécurité the security services; les services secrets the secret service; les services d'espionnage or de renseignements the intelligence services; service de dépannage breakdown service; service d'entretien ( département de l'entreprise) maintenance department; ( personnel) maintenance staff; les services du Premier Ministre se refusent à tout commentaire the Prime Minister's office has refused to comment; chef de service ( dans une administration) section head; ( dans un hôpital) senior consultant;10 Mil ( obligations militaires) service (militaire) military ou national service; service national national service; faire son service (militaire) to do one's military service; service actif active service; service civil non-military national service; partir au service○ to go off to do one's military service; être bon pour le service lit to be passed fit for military service; fig hum to be passed fit; reprendre du service to re-enlist ou sign up again; quitter le service to be discharged, to leave the forces;11 ( vaisselle) set; un service à thé a tea set; un service à café a coffee set; service à dessert or gâteau dessert set; service de table dinner service;12 Relig service; service religieux church service;13 Sport service, serve; être au service to serve ou be serving; Valérie au service Valérie to serve; changement de service change of service; faute de service fault.B services nmpl services; les biens et les services goods and services; avoir recours aux services de qn to call on sb's services; se passer or priver des services de qn to dispense with sb's services; services en ligne Ordinat online services.service après-vente, SAV ( département) after-sales service department; ( activité) after-sales service; service minimum reduced service; service d'ordre stewards (pl); service de presse (de ministère, parti, d'entreprise) press office; ( de maison d'édition) press and publicity department; ( livre) review copy; service public public service; Service du travail obligatoire, STO compulsory labourGB organization set up in 1943 during the German occupation of France; services sociaux Prot Soc social services.[sɛrvis] nom masculinmon service commence à 18 h I go on duty ou I start my shift ou I start work at 6 p.mprendre son service to go on ou to report for dutymon vieux manteau a repris du service (familier & humoristique) my old coat has been saved from the binle service de l'État public service, the service of the state2. [pour un client, un maître] serviceelle a deux ans de service comme femme de chambre she's been in service for two years as a chambermaidil a mis son savoir-faire au service de la société he put his expertise at the disposal of the companyservice compris ‘service included’service non compris ‘service not included’3. [série de repas] sittingnous irons au premier/deuxième service we'll go to the first/second sitting4. [département - d'une entreprise, d'un hôpital] departmenta. [département] legal departmentb. [personnes] legal expertsles services commerciaux the sales department ou divisionservice du personnel personnel department ou divisiona. [département] press officeb. [personnes] press officers, press office staff5. [aide] favourrendre un service à quelqu'un [suj: personne] to do somebody a favour, to help somebody outlui faire tous ses devoirs, c'est un mauvais service à lui rendre! it won't do her any good if you do all her homework for her!ça peut encore/toujours rendre service it can still/it'll always come in handy6. [assortiment - de linge, de vaisselle] setservice d'été/d'hiver summer/winter timetableservice non assuré le dimanche no service on Sundays, no Sunday service8. MILITAIREservice militaire ou national military/national serviceallez, bon/bons pour le service! (figuré & humoristique) it'll/they'll do!Pichot au service!, service Pichot! Pichot to serve!10. ÉLECTRICITÉ duty12. RELIGION————————services nom masculin pluriel2. [collaboration] servicesb. (euphémisme) [le licencier] to dispense with somebody's servicesoffrir ses services à quelqu'un to offer one's services to somebody, to offer to help somebody out3. POLITIQUEservices secrets ou spéciaux secret service————————en service locution adjectivale————————en service locution adverbialecet hélicoptère/cette presse entrera en service en mai this helicopter will be put into service/this press will come on stream in Mayservice après-vente nom masculin1. [prestation] after-sales service2. [département] after-sales department[personnes] after-sales staffservice d'ordre nom masculin1. [système] policingmettre en place un service d'ordre dans un quartier to establish a strong police presence in an area2. [gendarmes] police (contingent)[syndiqués, manifestants] stewards————————service public nom masculinpublic service ou utilityUntil 1996, all French men aged 18 and over were required to do ten months national service unless declared unfit. The system has been phased out and replaced by an obligatory journée d'appel de préparation à la défense, one day spent learning about the army and army career opportunities. The JAPD is obligatory for men and for women. The object of this reform is to professionalize the army. -
3 Service Commitment Period
Telecommunications: SCPУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Service Commitment Period
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4 continuous service
HRa period of employment with one employer, which begins with the day on which the employee starts work and ends with the date of resignation or dismissal. All service, regardless of hours worked, counts toward calculating continuous service. The length of continuous service may affect the length of notice period and is taken into account when calculating redundancy pay. -
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in some countries, a period of compulsory service in the armed forces.خِدْمَة وَطَنِيَّه، خِدْمَه عَسْكَرِيَّه -
6 length of service
HRthe period in which a person has been continually employed within an organization, without breaks in the contract of employment. Length of service may determine entitlement to employment rights or fringe benefits, for example, the amount of annual leave allocated. -
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9 продолжительность обслуживания
продолжительность обслуживания
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[А.С.Гольдберг. Англо-русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.]Тематики
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Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > продолжительность обслуживания
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period of service;( som værnepligtig) period of conscription; conscription term;( også) reduce military service from 12 to 8 months. -
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period of service, service, service life, (оборудования, машин) life-span, terms of office, life time -
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1) General subject: age, economic life, life (машины, учреждения), operating life (машины), tour of duty, vintage, working lifespan, durability2) Geology: life length3) Aviation: endurability, operational endurance5) Medicine: life time7) Military: credit, enlistment (по контракту), length of service, life (машины, прибора), (преим.) life cycle, operational phase (системы), service tenure, term of enlistment (по контракту), term of service, tour length9) Construction: working life (конструкции, сооружения)10) Mathematics: expectation of life, life-in-service12) Law: tenure of employment, term of office13) Economy: durability (машины), operating time14) Accounting: lifetime (напр. оборудования), longevity, service15) Automobile industry: burning hours (лампы), endurance, life (детали, машины), life cycle, life duration, lifetime, period of service, service life period, serviceable life16) Mining: service length17) Diplomatic term: age (оборудования, здания и т.п.), stint18) Forestry: age (машины, инструмента)19) Metallurgy: durability (металлов)20) Telecommunications: resource21) Electronics: calendar age, calendar life22) Oil: TOS (time of service), age (оборудования, инструмента), in-service life, life expectancy, operating age, operation life, performance period, service durability, service life, term of life, time of service, useful life, working life23) Astronautics: depreciation period, expiration date service life24) Metrology: useful life (например, лампы)25) Ecology: service age26) Advertising: operating life27) Business: length of life, mortality, time life, time of operation28) Microelectronics: life-span29) Polymers: life durability30) Automation: cycle life, lifespan, operation time, operational life, performance life, write-off period31) Quality control: endurance period, mechanical life (изделия), running time, usable life32) Arms production: mechanical life (ружья, винтовки)34) Makarov: a spell of service, life utility, period of service (ресурс), service life (общий), service life (прибора), span, spell of service, useful life (агрегата)35) Bicycle: life cycle (какого-либо изделия), life duration (какого-либо изделия)36) Energy system: useful lifetime37) Logistics: life of item -
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Dienstzeit f PERS length of service, period of service, term of office* * *f < Person> length of service, period of service, term of office* * *Dienstzeit
period (length) of service, service period (life), tenure of office, (Dienststunden) hours of attendance, official (office) hours;
• in meiner langjährigen Dienstzeit during my long years in office;
• [auf die Pension] anrechnungsfähige Dienstzeit contributing service, qualifying period of service;
• gesetzliche Dienstzeit statutory tenure (US);
• langjährige Dienstzeit long years in office;
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f2. MIL. term of service* * *Dienst|zeitf* * *(an official period of time of work usually abroad: He did a tour of duty in Fiji.) tour* * *Dienst·zeitf1. ADMIN length of service30-jährige \Dienstzeit 30 years of servicenach Ende der \Dienstzeit after leaving the [civil] servicewährend jds \Dienstzeit during sb's time in the [civil] service* * *2) (tägliche Arbeitszeit) working hours pl.* * *2. MIL term of service* * *2) (tägliche Arbeitszeit) working hours pl.* * *f.period of service n. -
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1) General subject: length of employment2) Engineering: activity time, on-stream time, operating period, operation time, running time3) Construction: activity duration (в сетевом планировании)4) Railway term: service life5) Economy: active time, duration of work, running hours, running time (о машине), working hours6) Accounting: uptime, working hour7) Mining: serviceable life8) Information technology: run duration, time of operation9) Oil: POS (period of service), age, life, lifetime10) Astronautics: operational capacity11) Coolers: on-period, operational period, running period12) Business: duration of employment, period of service13) Automation: run time14) Quality control: functioning intervalУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > продолжительность работы
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ВЕРОЙ И ПРАВДОЙ служить кому ВЕРОЙ-ПРАВДОЙ NP instrum these forms only adv fixed WO1. (of a person) (to serve s.o.) devotedly, honestly, with complete loyalty, (to render s.o.) good service ( usu. over a long period of time): (do s.o.) yeoman (yeomarfs) service(serve s.o.) loyally and well (serve s.o.) faithfully (and truly) (be) a true and faithful servant (when the period of service is indicated) (give ten years (a lifetime etc) of) true and faithful service."Я, соколик, верой-правдой своему белому царю служил» (Шолохов 4). "Young man, I served my tsar loyally and well" (4a).«Послужи мне верой и правдою, и я тебя пожалую и в фельдмаршалы и в князья» (Пушкин 2). "Serve me faithfully and truly, and I will make you field-marshal and prince" (2b).Пусть видят все, весь Петербург, как милостыни просят дети благородного отца, который всю жизн\В-41 служил верою и правдой и, можно сказать, умер на службе» (Достоевский 3). "Let everybody see, let the whole of St. Petersburg see these children begging for alms, although they had a respectable father who gave a lifetime of true and faithful service and even died, you might say, in harness" (3a).2. (of an everyday item, piece of clothing, tool etc) (to serve s.o.) reliably for a long period of time: (serve s.o.) long and well(do s.o.) yeoman (yeomarfs) service (in limited contexts) never let s.o. down.Мы расстелили прямо на пол старую фланелевую шаль нашей няни Фимы, - уже десятый год она служила мне верой и правдой на всех этапах!.. (Гинзбург 2). We spread out on the floor the old flannel shawl belonging to my nurse, Fima, which had already done me yeoman service in all my journeyings under escort... (2a). -
19 верой и правдой
• ВЕРОЙ И ПРАВДОЙ служить кому; ВЕРОЙ-ПРАВДОЙ[NPinstrum; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]=====1. (of a person) (to serve s.o.) devotedly, honestly, with complete loyalty, (to render s.o.) good service (usu. over a long period of time):- (do s.o.) yeoman (yeomarfs) service;- (serve s.o.) loyally and well;- (serve s.o.) faithfully (and truly);- [when the period of service is indicated](give ten years (a lifetime etc) of) true and faithful service.♦ "Я, соколик, верой-правдой своему белому царю служил" (Шолохов 4). "Young man, I served my tsar loyally and well" (4a).♦ "Послужи мне верой и правдою, и я тебя пожалую и в фельдмаршалы и в князья" (Пушкин 2). "Serve me faithfully and truly, and I will make you field-marshal and prince" (2b).♦ "Пусть видят все, весь Петербург, как милостыни просят дети благородного отца, который всю жизнь служил верою и правдой и, можно сказать, умер на службе" (Достоевский 3). "Let everybody see, let the whole of St. Petersburg see these children begging for alms, although they had a respectable father who gave a lifetime of true and faithful service and even died, you might say, in harness" (3a).2. (of an everyday item, piece of clothing, tool etc) (to serve s.o.) reliably for a long period of time:- (serve s.o.) long and well;- (do s.o.) yeoman (yeomarfs) service;- [in limited contexts] never let s.o. down.♦ Мы расстелили прямо на пол старую фланелевую шаль нашей няни Фимы, - уже десятый год она служила мне верой и правдой на всех этапах!.. (Гинзбург 2). We spread out on the floor the old flannel shawl belonging to my nurse, Fima, which had already done me yeoman service in all my journeyings under escort... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > верой и правдой
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20 верой-правдой
• ВЕРОЙ И ПРАВДОЙ служить кому; ВЕРОЙ-ПРАВДОЙ[NPinstrum; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]=====1. (of a person) (to serve s.o.) devotedly, honestly, with complete loyalty, (to render s.o.) good service (usu. over a long period of time):- (do s.o.) yeoman (yeomarfs) service;- (serve s.o.) loyally and well;- (serve s.o.) faithfully (and truly);- [when the period of service is indicated](give ten years (a lifetime etc) of) true and faithful service.♦ "Я, соколик, верой-правдой своему белому царю служил" (Шолохов 4). "Young man, I served my tsar loyally and well" (4a).♦ "Послужи мне верой и правдою, и я тебя пожалую и в фельдмаршалы и в князья" (Пушкин 2). "Serve me faithfully and truly, and I will make you field-marshal and prince" (2b).♦ "Пусть видят все, весь Петербург, как милостыни просят дети благородного отца, который всю жизнь служил верою и правдой и, можно сказать, умер на службе" (Достоевский 3). "Let everybody see, let the whole of St. Petersburg see these children begging for alms, although they had a respectable father who gave a lifetime of true and faithful service and even died, you might say, in harness" (3a).2. (of an everyday item, piece of clothing, tool etc) (to serve s.o.) reliably for a long period of time:- (serve s.o.) long and well;- (do s.o.) yeoman (yeomarfs) service;- [in limited contexts] never let s.o. down.♦ Мы расстелили прямо на пол старую фланелевую шаль нашей няни Фимы, - уже десятый год она служила мне верой и правдой на всех этапах!.. (Гинзбург 2). We spread out on the floor the old flannel shawl belonging to my nurse, Fima, which had already done me yeoman service in all my journeyings under escort... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > верой-правдой
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service — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of serving. 2) a period of employment with an organization. 3) an act of assistance. 4) a ceremony of religious worship according to a prescribed form. 5) a system supplying a public need such as transport, or… … English terms dictionary
service agreement — ➔ agreement * * * service agreement UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE an agreement between a company and a customer, stating that the company will check and repair equipment for an agreed price during a fixed period of time: »Our service agreements cover … Financial and business terms
service contract — ➔ contract1 * * * service contract UK US noun [C] ► HR a formal agreement between a company and an employee in a high position about their pay and conditions of employment (= rules under which they are employed): »The company has reduced service… … Financial and business terms
service agreement — An agreement between a company and its directors and senior management setting out the terms of service, in particular the minimum term and notice period. Easyform Glossary of Law Terms. UK law terms … Law dictionary
service life — Period of expected usefulness of an asset; such may not necessarily coincide with depreciable life for income tax purposes … Black's law dictionary
Service life — A product s service life is its expected lifetime, or the acceptable period of use in service. It is the time that any manufactured item can be expected to be serviceable or supported by its manufacturer. Expected service life consists of… … Wikipedia