service call Meaning of "service call"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of service

Usage(s):

  1. French carmaker Peugeot recognized these advantages when it recently opted to move its customer-service call center from Lyons to Tunis.
  2. NASA plans to perform an in- orbit service call on the space telescope in 1993.
  3. Although the Bell System still makes free repairs on the phones that it leases, it charges about $30 for a service call on a customer-owned phone.
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