service item

noun

Any of the consumer products (food, cosmetics, etc.) handed out or sold on board a passenger aircraft.

Meanings

nounservice item (plural service items)

plural service items

  1. aeronauticsAny of the consumer products (food, cosmetics, etc.) handed out or sold on board a passenger aircraft.

    There are 5,000 in-flight service items on a 747, ranging from aspirins to toothbrushes.

    1995, Francis McInerney, Sean White, The Total Quality Corporation, page 88
    1 more example

    Before landing, the flight attendants pick up any remaining food and beverage service items […]

    2016, John G. Wensveen, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective, page 262
  2. euphemistichumorousaeronauticsAny of the trash or sewage that must be removed from a passenger aircraft.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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Chicago

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