lip service
Promising but empty talk; words without action or intention.
The candidate gave lip service to fixing the problems, but it is doubtful that he will do much.
service
UK /ˈsɜː.vɪs/ US /ˈsɜː.vɪs/
noun 7verb 5name 2
Definitions
noun
1
An act of being of assistance to someone.
I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.
The Parliament for ever cries more money, / The service of the state demands more money. / Just heaven! of what service is the state?
2
The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.
The lesser griefs that may be said, / That breathe a thousand tender vows, / Are but as servants in a house / Where lies the master newly dead; / Who speak their feeling as it is, / And weep the fulness from the mind: / ‘It will be hard’ they say ‘to find / Another service such as this.’
3
Work as a member of the military.
Thank you for your service.
4
The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
Hair care is a service industry.
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[...]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
5
Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
verb
1
To serve.
They service the customer base.
The USS Manila Bay, in the next group south of Taffy 3, services aircraft from eleven different squadrons that aren't attached to her own flight group, and, at one point, has representatives from no less than four other carriers' airgroups on her flight deck at the same time.
2
To serve.
He is going to service the car.
2 GWM businessmen seek young GM to service nice small country home in So. NH
3
To serve.
One obvious way is press releases, which should be sent to your region's reporters, editors and columnists, the wire services, professional publications. […] Servicing the media should be an everyday thing.
[…] instead of expending so much of their PR effort on servicing the media.
4
To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
It continues to be laden with intense debt servicing costs.
5
To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
noun
1
Service tree.
2
The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
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