Service Industry Vocabulary

noun a person who works as a bellhop or bellman

• The bellboy assisted guests with their luggage as they checked into the hotel.
• Hey, can you call the bellboy to help us with our bags?
• I tipped the bellboy for bringing up my bags to the room.
• The bellboy of success always rings twice, be ready to answer when it comes knocking.

noun a person, typically a boy or young man, employed to run errands or do odd jobs

• The errand boy was tasked with delivering important documents to the office.
• Hey, can you ask the errand boy to grab us some coffee?
• The errand boy is running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
• She treated him like her personal errand boy, always asking him to do things for her.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. In this case, 'hand' is a noun as it refers to a part of the body.

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being. 'Lend' is a verb as it indicates the action of giving something temporarily.

article a word that specifies a noun. 'A' is an article that precedes the noun 'hand' in this phrase.

• I would greatly appreciate it if you could lend a hand with the project presentation.
• Hey, could you lend a hand with moving this heavy furniture?
• Yo, can you help me out and lend a hand with setting up the party?
• Sometimes all we need is a friend to lend a hand during tough times.