serch.html - abbr.
(in the UK) Science and Engineering Research Council.

serch.html - See: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

serch.html - {v. phr.} To be in jail. * /Charlie served four years of an eight-year sentence, after which he was paroled and released./

serch.html - {v. phr.} 1. To notify one's employer in a formal or legal manner that one is quitting the former's employment. * /She gave notice to her boss that she was quitting because of marriage./ 2. To notify an employee or a tenant that one no longer needs their services or wishes to have them as tenants. * /The new landlady gave notice to several families in our building because they were late in paying their rent./

serch.html - {v. phr.} To be what (someone) really deserves as a punishment; be a fair exchange for what (someone) has done or said or failed to do or say. * /He failed his exam; it served him right because he had not studied./ * /Bob said it served Sally right when she cut her finger; she had taken his knife without asking him./ Compare: ASK FOR, HAVE IT COMING.

serch.html - See: SERVE A SENTENCE.