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servicing

servicing

12 9.5
A male animal that mates with a female to produce young
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Of that debt, 70.9 percent went to servicing and financing redemption of other debts.

Examples

  • The bottom line requires the factoring in of not just the material and construction costs but also the architect's fees and the cost of land servicing.

    Back to School (1986)

  • Instead, most large production companies have developed their own proprietary post-servicing and master archiving systems.

    Blog text (24)

  • The requesting agency administers the order; therefore, no written agreement with the servicing agency is required.

    Academic text (2017)

  • So far, however, the reforms have had only limited effects, while high interest rates have increased debt servicing expenditures.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Biomedical equipment technicians were included in the department to perform the servicing function.

    Academic text (1997)

  • All this borrowing meant "a heavy debt servicing burden" as well as the repatriation of profits by the multinationals.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The external debt reached $24 billion, and its servicing ratio hit 97% of export earnings (about $8 billion/year).

    Academic text (1992)

  • The new screws for magnesium assemblies were developed very much with the needs of servicing in mind, Pickett said.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Subservicers, or primary servicers, deal directly with borrowers and perform regular servicing routines (e.g., collecting payments and bookkeeping).

    Academic text (2016)

  • During the breeding season, male birds engage in servicing the females to ensure the continuation of their species.

Synonyms

mating
vsservicing
  • Specialized
86 3.4

A male and female animal coming together to have babies

is specific to the male doing the act rather than both sexes
service
vsservicing
  • NSFW
9 8.5

A male animal mating with a female for breeding

is the identical term in meaning but a variant form
coupling
vsservicing
5 5.8

Pairing of a male and female to have young

focuses on the male action rather than general pairing of two animals
breeding
vsservicing
  • Specialized
3.5

Kept to produce young animals

focuses on the male act of pairing rather than the broader purpose or populations

Surface Forms

servicing singular
servicings plural

Morphology

servicing = service (opaque) = service + ing

Although formed by adding '-ing' to 'service', the sense 'the act of mating' is a specialized animal-breeding meaning not predictable from the general sense of 'service' for an average learner.

Etymology

Servicing comes from the verb serve, which originally meant 'to do a job or help', and farmers began to use it for a male animal doing its duty to mate a female. So servicing now means the act of a male animal mating for breeding.