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self-service

 
 
/ˌselfˈsɜːvɪs/ adjective

Definition

A self-service restaurant or shop is one in which you serve yourself and are not served by the people who work there.
(Definition of self-service adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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