service 4
noundomain: group
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Hypernym
company 1
noun
an institution created to conduct business
EnglishDerivationally related form
service 1
verb
be used by; as of a utility
Hyponym
utility 1
noun
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Cheka 1
noun
the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created on December 20, 1917, after a decree issued by Vladimir Lenin, and was subsequently led by Felix Dzerzhinsky, a Polish aristocrat turned communist.
Poland's equivalent of the United States Secret Service, providing antiterrorism and VIP security services for the Polish government.
