(26) âAt service capacityâ means the temporary inability of a hospital to provide a service which is within the service capability of the hospital, due to maximum use of the service at the time of the request for the service.
family values. Also found in: Wikipedia. family values. pl.n. The moral and social values traditionally maintained and affirmed within a family. famâ²ily valâ²ues. n.pl. the moral and ethical principles traditionally upheld and transmitted within a family, as honesty, loyalty, industry, and faith.
Family values first recorded 1966. Phrase in a family way pregnant is from 1796. Family circle is 1809; family man man devoted to wife and children, man inclined to lead a domestic life is 1856 (earlier it meant thief, 1788, from family in a slang sense of the fraternity of thieves).