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  2. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    This is often used in combination with another serve of the same toss, but a different spin. For example, a "jump topspin" and a "hybrid" serve are often paired at high levels to deceive passers; Jump float : A serve in which the player strikes the ball while jumping with no spin, or "float". This creates an erratic, difficult-to-read serve.

  3. Glossary of tennis terms - Wikipedia

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    Serve and volley: Method of play to serve and immediately move forward to the net to make a volley with the intent to hit a winner and end the point. [120] Serve-and-volleyer: Player that plays serves-and-volleys frequently or for all of their service points. Serve out: To win a set (and possibly therefore, the match) by holding serve.

  4. Handmaiden - Wikipedia

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    The term is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve or assist. [1] Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of enslaved status or may be simply an employee. The terms handmaiden and handmaid are synonyms. [1]

  5. Waiting staff - Wikipedia

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    An individual waiting tables (or waiting on or waiting at tables) [6] or waitering or waitressing [7] is commonly called a waiter, server, front server, waitress, member of the wait staff, waitstaff, [8] serving staff server, waitperson, [9] or waitron.

  6. Bartending terminology - Wikipedia

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    A negroni cocktail with an orange twist served on the rocks "On the rocks" refers to liquor poured over ice cubes, and a "rocks drink" is a drink served on the rocks.Rocks drinks are typically served in a rocks glass, highball glass, or Collins glass, all of which refer to a relatively straight-walled, flat-bottomed glass; the rocks glass is typically the shortest and widest, followed by the ...

  7. Committee - Wikipedia

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    Committees can serve several different functions: Governance In organizations considered too large for all the members to participate in decisions affecting the organization as a whole, a smaller body, such as a board of directors, is given the power to make decisions, spend money, or take actions.

  8. Servant leadership - Wikipedia

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    I serve because I am the leader, and; I am the leader because I serve; The first premise signifies the act of altruism. Altruism is defined as the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Greenleaf declares that servant leadership begins with the natural feeling of wanting to serve first.

  9. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    I will serve: The answer of St. Michael the Archangel to the non serviam, "I will not serve" of Satan, when the angels were tested by God on whether they will serve an inferior being, a man, Jesus, as their Lord. servus servorum Dei: servant of the servants of God: A title for the Pope. sesquipedalia verba: words a foot and a half long