Canadian English Meaning of utility

utility

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Definitions and Meaning of utility in English

Wordnet

utility (n)

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 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

Wordnet

utility (s)

used of beef; usable but inferior

capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

Webster

utility (n.)

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.

Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.

Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.

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