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Utility   /jutˈɪləti/   Listen
Utility

noun
1.
A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.  Synonyms: public-service corporation, public utility, public utility company.
2.
The quality of being of practical use.  Synonym: usefulness.
3.
The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility.  "All the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
4.
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice.
5.
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer.  Synonyms: service program, utility program.
6.
A facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal.
adjective
1.
Used of beef; usable but inferior.  Synonym: utility-grade.
2.
Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team.  Synonym: substitute.



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"Utility" Quotes from Famous Books



... this power which is exerted in the application of the laws, it may be observed that much of it would be superseded. As laws, being but the expression of the general will, would be enacted only from an almost universal conviction of their utility, any resistance to such laws, any desire of eluding them, must proceed from a few refractory individuals. As far, then, as relates to the internal administration of the country, a Republic has a manifest advantage over a Monarchy, ...
— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth
... the harvester, as a worker of vital utility to the country, enjoyed a degree of exemption accorded to few. Impress officers had particular instructions concerning him. They were to delete him from the category of those who might be taken. Armed with a certificate from the minister ...
— The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson
... disclosed that the new head had a mania for general information. He had doubts about the utility of examinations on subjects which had been crammed for the occasion. He wanted ...
— Of Human Bondage • W. Somerset Maugham
... fide painter is a rarity in the town I am describing, so Nicasio and I are comparatively alone in the fine art field. Our patrons are numerous, but we are expected by them to be as versatile as the 'general utility' of theatrical life. ...
— The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba • Walter Goodman
... in which the birth and rearing of children has not been the essential function of the family. From a sociological point of view the childless family is a failure. While the childless family may be of social utility to the individuals that form it, nevertheless from the point of view of society such a family has failed to perform its most important function and must be considered, ...
— Sociology and Modern Social Problems • Charles A. Ellwood


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