"render a service" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to provide or give a service to someone or something. Example: The company's primary goal is to render a service to its customers by offering high-quality products and excellent customer support.
"Normally architects render a service," he began, skipping the usual pleasantries.
Usually a "Frequently Asked Questions" section appears on Web sites of institutions or companies that render a service to consumers.
She could render a service to opera by going from conservatory to conservatory and letting young singers clasp their hands about her diaphragm as she sings, for a demonstration of perfect breath support.
"The type of voluntary service which is being offered to our boys," the Army sponsors wrote, "offers an excellent opportunity for these young men to render a service which will be of value not only to military medicine but to public health generally".
Software can easily render a service routine.
The answer to this question hinges on how one defines what it means to "render a service".
Bertarelli argues that the defection of Coutts and Butterworth probably rendered a service to Team New Zealand.
Still, in presenting this work complete, the Juilliard Opera Center is rendering a service that few commercial opera companies would even consider.
His three abductors were eventually charged, fined and put on probation but one local politician said they had "rendered a service to this community".
Marc Levy, a lawyer for the International League Against Racism, expressed "great satisfaction" with the ruling, saying the judge had "rendered a service to the Internet," which ran the risk of becoming a "no-law zone".
In mentioning this photograph and in saying that there was absolutely nothing wrong with being a Muslim in America, Powell rendered a service to something far greater than a political campaign.
