OBLIGATION TO SERVE

Domain	Definition
Energy	Theobligation of a utility to provide electric service to any customerwho seeks that service, and is willing to pay the rates set for thatservice. Traditionally, utilities have assumed the obligation to serve inreturn for an exclusive monopoly franchise. (references)
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Historic Usage: OBLIGATION TO SERVE

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The officers who are retained in the Army must undertake the obligation to serve in it up to the age of forty-five years at least. (reference)
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Anagrams: OBLIGATION TO SERVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-t-t-v"
	-4 letters: aerobiologies, obliterations.
	-5 letters: investigator, libertinages, obliterating, obliteration, obliterative, strobilation, teratologies, vinaigrettes.
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Alternative Orthography: OBLIGATION TO SERVE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

HTML Code (1990) (references)

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Specialty Definition: OBLIGATION TO SERVE