serve notice

Related to serve notice: stand pat, run by, pertain to, proceed with

serve notice (on one)

1. To provide or present (to one) a formal announcement or proclamation. You can't just cut people's wages without serving notice in advance! The landlord served notice on the tenants that they were being evicted.
2. To make one fully aware of something. I didn't think I'd hurt myself too badly, but the struggle to get out of bed the next morning served notice to me just how much damage I had done to myself. So many people turned up for my husband's funeral, and it served notice on us how important he had been in our community.
See also: notice, serve
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

serve notice (on someone)

to formally or clearly announce something to someone. John served notice that he wouldn't prepare the coffee anymore. I'm serving notice that I'll resign as secretary next month.
See also: notice, serve
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • serve notice (on one)
  • notice
  • escape (one's) notice
  • escape notice
  • escape somebody's notice
  • at short notice
  • no one will be (any) the wiser
  • on a moment's notice
  • give notice
  • if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
References in periodicals archive
Likewise the landlord could serve notice indicating they were prepared to renew the lease, or the landlord could serve notice saying that they wish to terminate the lease ( on the basis of one or more of the grounds referred to in the 1954 Act.
New lease laws are simpler, quicker and fairer
"A club will not be able to serve notice on a player without paying out his contract in full.
Football: Dole fear at Dons
Siddiqi also directed to serve notices for recovery of dues to owners of commercial and industrial plots.
KDA DG directs for survey of land used by K-Electric
Sources said out of 2700 overseas Pakistanis with assets abroad, the government has decided to serve notices to 300-400 in the initial phase.
Govt decides to serve notices to 300-400 overseas Pakistanis
According to sources, out of the 2,700 overseas Pakistanis with assets abroad, the government has decided to serve notices to 300-400 in the initial phase.
Govt tightens the noose on Pakistanis with properties abroad
The tax department is expected to serve notices to more people once it surveys their offices and in a few cases residences.
SWISS BANK ACCOUNT HOLDERS
Landaverde, which held that property owners who serve notices to cure by mail pursuant to the Rent Stabilization Code must add five days for mailing when calculating the expiration date of the notice.
Court rules on mailing time for 'Golub' notice
MULTAN -- Director Admin WASA Musa Khan ordered to serve notices on 12 employees of sewerage south division for their absence during duty.
Notices to 12 absent WASA employees ordered