{
  "id": "services.economic",
  "term": "services",
  "sense": "economic",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 9,
  "arena": "services",
  "domain": "emergence",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "help that business does for others to use",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "help.assistance",
      "business.economic",
      "use.application"
    ],
    "interaction": "help and business do together for others to use",
    "novel_properties": [
      "exchange of value",
      "organized provision",
      "client satisfaction"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2023, Amazon Web Services provided cloud computing infrastructure to 75% of active websites, enabling remote data storage and processing.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The New York City subway system moves over 5 million passengers daily, operating under a public service contract since 1904.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "FedEx Express delivered 7.2 million packages per day in 2022 using a global logistics network based in Memphis, Tennessee.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "business.economic",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "bank.financial",
    "client.business",
    "customer.economic",
    "facilities.place",
    "hotel.lodging"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "service",
    "serviced",
    "services",
    "servicing"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-services.economic"
}