serve apprenticeship

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• serve — [sɜːv ǁ sɜːrv] verb 1. [transitive] COMMERCE to supply customers with a particular product or service or with something they need: • The firm plans to open a London office to serve clients with investments and businesses in Europe. • JAL Group… …   Financial and business terms

• apprenticeship — ap‧pren‧tice‧ship [əˈprentsʆɪp] noun [countable, uncountable] JOBS the period of time when someone is an apprentice, or the job of an apprentice: • Bell served an apprenticeship (= worked as an apprentice ) with the shipbuilders Shaw and Hart. • …   Financial and business terms

• serve one's time — To pass through an apprenticeship or a term of office (see also ↑time served, etc under ↑time) • • • Main Entry: ↑serve * * * (also serve out one s time) hold office for the normal period ■ (also serve time) spend time in office, in an… …   Useful english dictionary

• serve an apprenticeship — To undergo the training of an apprentice • • • Main Entry: ↑apprentice …   Useful english dictionary

• serve — ► VERB 1) perform duties or services for. 2) be employed as a member of the armed forces. 3) spend (a period) in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison. 4) present food or drink to. 5) attend to (a customer in a shop). 6) be of use in… …   English terms dictionary

• serve — serve1 W1S1 [sə:v US sə:rv] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food/drink)¦ 2 serve two/three/four etc (people) 3¦(shop)¦ 4¦(be useful/helpful)¦ 5¦(do useful work)¦ 6¦(have an effect)¦ 7¦(provide something)¦ 8¦(prison)¦ 9¦(sport)¦ 10 it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• serve — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] ♦♦ serves, serving, served 1) VERB If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them. [V n] It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years... [V n] I have always… …   English dictionary

• serve — I UK [sɜː(r)v] / US [sɜrv] verb Word forms serve : present tense I/you/we/they serve he/she/it serves present participle serving past tense served past participle served *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to provide food and drink for someone to… …   English dictionary

• serve — v. & n. v. 1 tr. do a service for (a person, community, etc.). 2 tr. (also absol.) be a servant to. 3 intr. carry out duties (served on six committees). 4 intr. a (foll. by in) be employed in (an organization, esp. the armed forces, or a place,… …   Useful english dictionary

• apprenticeship — n. to fill; serve an apprenticeship * * * [ə prentɪsʃɪp] serve an apprenticeship to fill …   Combinatory dictionary

• apprenticeship — UK [əˈprentɪsʃɪp] / US [əˈprentɪsˌʃɪp] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms apprenticeship : singular apprenticeship plural apprenticeships a) employment as an apprentice serve an apprenticeship (= work as an apprentice): At 16, he served an… …   English dictionary