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community service en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Service or activity performed for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.
   • Within El Alberto, belonging is premised on the completion of between one and three years of unpaid community service, which all Hñähñu men and unmarried Hñähñu women are required to contribute every eight years. To default on this service is to lose citizenship within the pueblo. This means no longer being able to cultivate the land, build a home there, participate in the decision-making processes that affect the community, or receive the protections it provides. 2019, Michaela Django Walsh, “Partiendo la madre: Borders, Thresholds, and Transnational Sites of Belonging”, in Chiricú Journal, volume 3, number 2, →DOI, pages 47 of 41–58:
2. (countable, uncountable) Such work performed as an alternative for a criminal penalty.

Forms

Relateds

voluntary work

Synonyms

community payback

Translations (29)

cmn 社會服務 /社会服务 (voluntary service) · fi vapaaehtoistyö (voluntary service) · ru обяза́тельные рабо́ты (alternative penalty) · tl lingkod-pamayanan (voluntary service) · ro muncă în folosul comunității (voluntary service) · fi yhdyskuntapalvelu (alternative penalty) · pl prace społeczne (voluntary service) · id pengabdian masyarakat (voluntary service) · de gemeinnützige Arbeit (alternative penalty) · de Gemeinschaftsdienst (voluntary service) · hu önkéntes munka (voluntary service) · hu társadalmi munka (voluntary service) · de freie Arbeit (Art. 293 EStGB) (alternative penalty) · es servicio comunitario (voluntary service) · pl prace społeczne (alternative penalty) · ro muncă în folosul comunității (alternative penalty) · fr travaux communautaires (alternative penalty) · cmn 社區服務 /社区服务 (alternative penalty) · fr travail d'intérêt général (alternative penalty) · sv samhällstjänst (alternative penalty) · hu közérdekű munka (alternative penalty) · de gemeinnützige Leistung (alternative penalty) · da samfundstjeneste (alternative penalty) · ms khidmat masyarakat (voluntary service) · grc ἀγγαρεία (alternative penalty) · nb samfunnstjeneste (alternative penalty) · cmn 社會服務 /社会服务 (alternative penalty) · ms khidmat masyarakat (alternative penalty) · cmn 社區服務 /社区服务 (voluntary service)