service department
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
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departamento de servicio
- The service department is responsible for handling repairs and customer inquiries at our store.
- social service department
Examples
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She's in the customer service department.
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Please contact our Customer Service department, who can help you create your listing.
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Hmm... must have been someone from our service department.
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Tell them in the service department...
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If possible, allow the customer the option to "chat" with your customer service department.
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That would be our customer service department, on the other side of the dock.
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Some insurance carriers can also provide additional information about physicians by calling their customer service department.
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You're with the customer service department?
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I work in the service department of a dealership and hear it all day long.
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Our factory-trained service department provides high-quality service covered with a one-year warranty.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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A team at a company that helps people with problems and questions about products or services
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A service that gives information and technical help to computer users
How Supportive
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'service' (assistance/support) + 'department' (organizational unit): it denotes the unit of a company that provides service. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Service department combines service, meaning 'help or repairs', and department, meaning 'a part of a company'. Imagine a corner of a shop where staff fix things and help customers, so the phrase now means 'the part of a business that gives customer support or repairs'.