Out Of Service

Definition: Out Of Service

Out Of Service

Adjective

1. (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Out Of Service

Crosswords: Out Of Service

Business

During the past three years, the U.S. share of the import market has continued to remain above 40%; it declined substantially in 1998 because two of the Boeing 747-200s were grounded and remained out of service for most part of the year. Presently, France, Germany, U.K and Netherlands share the remaining 60% of the market. (references)

Economic History

El Salvador

Hundreds of public buildings were damaged or destroyed, and sanitation and water systems in many communities put out of service. (references)

Venezuela

In generation, the situation is not, in any way, better as a number of generation units, particularly CADAFE's, are out of service or experiencing serious inefficiencies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "out of service": putting a control out of service ♦ take out of service ♦ To muster troops out of service. Additional references.

Danish

udrangere en vogn (to place a wagon out of service, to scrap a wagon), saette ud af drift (to put out of operation, to put out of service), linie ude af drift (line out of service). (various references)

Dutch

wagen buiten dienst stellen (to place a wagon out of service, to scrap a wagon), LOS (apart, free, loose, lynx, mobile, particular, sandy, separate, special, unchecked), lijn buiten dienst (line out of service), buitenwerkingstelling van een afstelorgaan (putting a control out of service), buiten werking stellen (shut off, stop, switch off, turn off), buiten dienst stellen (close-down, disconnect, laying down, put out of operation, put out of service, shut-down, stop, taking off the line), buiten bedrijf stellen (to put out of operation, to put out of service, to take out of service). (various references)

Finnish

linja ei käytössä (line out of service). (various references)

French

hors d'usage (out of action, out of use). (various references)

German

außer Betrieb (dead, idle, nonworking, out of order, unoperative). (various references)

Greek 

κλείνω (close, close down, close up, cover over, shut, to close, turn off), γραμμή εκτός λειτουργίας (line out of service), αποσύρω από την κυκλοφορία φορτηγό βαγόνι (to place a wagon out of service, to scrap a wagon), θέτω εκτός υπηρεσίας (to put out of operation, to put out of service), θέτω εκτός χρήσεως (to put out of operation, to put out of service), θέτω εκτός λειτουργίας (blowing out, to blow down, to blow out, to de-commission, to take out of service). (various references)

Italian

scartare un carro (to place a wagon out of service, to scrap a wagon), messa fuori servizio (close-down, discard, disconnect, laying down, out of use, put out of operation, put out of service, shut-down, stop, taking off the line), linea fuori servizio (line out of service), arresto (apprehension, arrest, capture, check, deadlock, detention, halt, stand, standstill, stop, stoppage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

廃車 (decommissioned vehicle, out of service vehicle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はいしゃ (allocation or dispatching of cars, decommissioned vehicle, dentist, giving thanks, loser, out of service vehicle, the defeated, vanquished). (various references)

Pig Latin

outay ofay ervicesay.(various references)

Portuguese

linha fora de serviço (line out of service), colocaçao fora de serviço de um dispositivo de regulaçao (putting a control out of service). (various references)

Spanish

reformar un vagón (to place a wagon out of service, to scrap a wagon), puesta fuera de servicio de un órgano de control (putting a control out of service), línea fuera de servicio (line out of service). (various references)

Turkish

faal değil, çalışmaz (out of action). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: vociferous.

-3 letters: ferocious, fruticose, outvoices, overfocus, softcover, vorticose.

-4 letters: cerusite, citreous, coteries, coveters, covetous, creosote, curviest, cutesier, cutovers, esoteric, eucrites, evictors, feverous, fiercest, fructose, orective, outcries, outfires, outscore, outserve, outvoice, overcuts, oversoft, revoices, vertices, virtuose, virtuoso, vitreous, vortices.

-5 letters: cerites, citrous, coesite, cooters, cooties, corvees, corvets, costive, coterie, couters, coverts, coveter, curites, cursive, curvets.

+4 letters: counteroffensive.

+5 letters: counteroffensives.