From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjury/military/community etc servicejury/military/community etc serviceSCLsomething that ordinary people can be asked to do as a public duty or as a punishment Her attacker was sentenced to 120 hours’ community service. → service
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jury/military/community etc service• Doing jury service could be one of them.• The offer included a $ 250 fine, community service and domestic violence counseling.• Normally feudal grants were made within the Patrimony and the Papal State in return for military service.• Like the House measure, the Senate bill requires public housing residents to contribute eight hours of community service a month.• What will be attempted is a sketched framework for the illumination of community service profiles.• He was fined $ 250 and required to perform community service.• He envisaged combining farming and family life with military service in idyllic rural settlements. 