valet service

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable or uncountable

   A service in which staff park customers' cars and bring them back when needed.

   Grammar: Can be used generally without an article ("We offer valet service") or with one for a particular instance ("a valet service at the mall").

   Patterns

   • offer valet service
   • use the valet service
   • a valet service at a hotel

   The restaurant offers free valet service on weekends.

   We used the valet service because there was nowhere to park.

   Valet service costs ten dollars at this hotel.

2. 2nouncountable or uncountable

   A service that cleans, presses, and sometimes repairs clothes for customers.

   Grammar: Often appears in the phrase "valet service" on signs and price lists at dry cleaners.

   Patterns

   • take something to the valet service
   • a valet service for suits

   I dropped my suit off at the valet service before the interview.

   The hotel's valet service pressed my shirt overnight.

Common combinations

offer valet service

The mall offers valet service during the holidays.

complimentary valet service

Guests get complimentary valet service at the front desk.

use the valet service

We decided to use the valet service instead of circling for parking.

valet service is available

Valet service is available from six in the morning until midnight.

drop something off at the valet service

She dropped her dress off at the valet service to be cleaned.

Synonyms and how they differ

valet parking

Means only the car-parking service, so it is more precise when that is what you mean.

laundry service

Covers washing and ironing clothes but not parking cars, so it fits only the clothing sense.

Word family

valet noun

The person who provides this service.

valet parking noun

The car-parking part of the service.

Commonly confused: valet service or valet?

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