service bureau
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪs ˈbjʊəroʊ/
- Specialized
:
agencia de servicios
Examples
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This will cost about $450, with another $65 to $100 for each disk (you do get your disk back from the service bureau, however!).
Academic text (1994) -
After spending time in Egypt's foreign service bureau and teaching international law on security and peace issues at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, he moved to the IAEA in 1984.
Academic text (2005) -
Once drawings were ready, the file was sent to DTM's former in-house service bureau (now known as Accelerated.
Academic text (1995) -
Thanks for this article, as it has helped me clarify my thinking: If/when I ever want a print that for whatever reason I can't make myself, I should not go looking for a master printer such as yourself but a service bureau.
Blog text (6) -
Starting with a solid model developed in Pro/Engineer, the 24-inch-diameter component was built in two pieces via a single LOM run in 4 1/2 days by specialists at Three-Dimensional Services, a service bureau in Rochester Hills, Mich.
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Many businesses rely on a service bureau to handle their printing needs, allowing them to save time and resources.
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The service bureau provides essential support, such as data processing and marketing solutions, to small companies.
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Outsourcing tasks to a service bureau can help businesses achieve economies of scale and focus on their core activities.
Synonyms
6
3.9
A business that provides services like event planning or computer work to other companies for a fee
5
3.0
A company that does work for people or other companies for money
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably derived from 'service' (assistance offered commercially) + 'bureau' (an office/agency), so it denotes an office or company that provides services to others. This noun-noun composition is a common, transparent naming pattern in English and has cognates in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Service bureau comes from the idea of a single bureau, meaning 'office', where people provide a service for many companies. That's why it now means a business that does special tasks 'to other businesses' for a fee.