serve notice
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To officially give a legal notice to.
verb
To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association.
Example Sentences
- "One who desires to assert his right to the possession of a horse by virtue of his lien must ascertain the real owner and serve notice on him."
- "Those same philosophy articles then immediately serve notice that, for simplicity, they will discuss only belief."
- ""One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him.""