utility

Meanings

Plural: utilities

Noun

• a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
• the quality of being of practical use
• the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
• (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
• (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
  • "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
• 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
• The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
• Something that is useful.
• The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
• Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
• A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
• A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
• A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
• A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
• The ability to play multiple positions.
• A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.

Adjective Satellite

• used of beef; usable but inferior
• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
  • "a utility infielder"

Adj

• Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
• containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
• Functional rather than attractive.

Synonyms

advantages, benefit, merits, note, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation, return, service, service program, substitute, usefulness, utility, utility program, utility-grade, value, virtue

Antonyms

disutility, inutility, uselessness

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