Public service | Mean of public service in English Dictionary

• Noun
• the business of supplying something (such as electricity, gas, or transportation) to the members of a community
1. The cost of public services is on the rise.
• something that is done to help people rather than to make a profit
1. The station is running antismoking commercials as a public service.
2. The company is heavily involved in public service.
3. The TV station showed a public service announcement [=an announcement made for the good of the public] on drunk driving.
• work that someone does as part of a government
1. He works in public service.
2. She has devoted her life to public service.