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utility

(/j//u/'t/I/l/I/t/i/ )

a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation(noun.group)

Synonym:
public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation

source: wordnet30
the quality of being of practical use(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
usefulness
Antonym:
inutility, unusefulness, uselessness

source: wordnet30
the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice(noun.quantity)

source: wordnet30
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer(noun.communication)

Example:
A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users.

Synonym:
service program, utility program

source: wordnet30
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(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.(noun)

source: webster1913

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