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Definition of selective service noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

selective service

noun

/sɪˌlektɪv ˈsɜːvɪs/

/sɪˌlektɪv ˈsɜːrvɪs/

[uncountable] (North American English)

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a system in which people have to spend a period of time in the armed forces by law

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