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RELATED WORDS : marginal utility public utility public utility company sport utility sport utility vehicle utility bond utility man utility program utility revenue bond utility routine

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun utility has 6 senses

• utility(n = noun.group) public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation - a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; Array
is a kind of service
has particulars: phone company, phone service, telco, telephone company, telephone service, electric company, light company, power company, power service, water company, waterworks, gas company, gas service, bus company, bus service

• utility(n = noun.attribute) usefulness - the quality of being of practical use; Array
is a kind of quality
has particulars: detergence, detergency, function, purpose, role, use, helpfulness, use, serviceability, serviceableness, usability, usableness, useableness, instrumentality, practicality, practicability, practicableness
Antonym: inutility
Derived forms adjective utile₁, verb utilise₁, adjective utilitarian₁, adjective utilitarian₂, verb utilize₁

• utility(n = noun.act) Array - the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
is a kind of service

• utility(n = noun.quantity) Array - (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice; Array
is a kind of metric, system of measurement
has particulars: marginal utility

• utility(n = noun.communication) service program, utility program - (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"
is a kind of computer program, computer programme, program, programme
has particulars: device driver, driver, diagnostic program, input program, output program, sort program, sorting program, trace program
has parts: service routine, utility routine

• utility(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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 price of the house included all utilities"
has particulars: electrical plant, electrical system, heat, heating, heating plant, heating system, plumbing, plumbing system
is a kind of facility, installation

Adjective utility has 2 senses

• utility(s = adj.all) utility-grade - used of beef; usable but inferior; Array
• utility(s = adj.all) substitute - capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"

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THESAURUS

utility

Aktiengesellschaft, account, advantage, advantageousness, aktiebolag, alternate, alternative, appliance, applicability, appropriateness, availability, backup, beneficialness, body corporate, business, business establishment, cartel, chamber of commerce, combine, commercial enterprise, compagnie, company, concern, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, consolidating company, consortium, convenience, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, counterfeit, diversified corporation, drive, dummy, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, engine, enginery, enterprise, equivalent, ersatz, facility, fake, favorableness, firm, fitness, fixture, functionality, helpfulness, holding company, house, imitation, industry, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, machine, machinery, makeshift, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, mock, motive power, motor, operability, operating company, partnership, phony, pinch, plunderbund, pool, power plant, power source, practicability, practical utility, practicality, profitability, provisional, proxy, public utility, relevance, reserve, secondary, service, serviceability, spare, stock company, stopgap, substitute, syndicate, temporary, tentative, token, trade association, trust, usability, use, usefulness, utilizability, vicarious

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Good

N good, benefit, advantage, improvement, greatest good, supreme good, interest, service, behoof, behalf, weal, main chance, summum bonum, common weal, consummation devoutly to be wished, gain, boot, profit, harvest, boon, good turn, blessing, world of good, piece of good luck, piece of good fortune, nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove, good fortune, happiness, goodness, utility, remedy, pleasure giving, commendable, useful, good, beneficial, well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis, all for the best, to one's advantage, in one's favor, in one's interest, so far so good, magnum bonum.

Utility

N utility, usefulness, efficacy, efficiency, adequacy, service, use, stead, avail, help, applicability, subservience, function, value, worth, money's worth, productiveness, cui bono, utilization, step in the right direction, common weal, commonwealth public good, public interest, utilitarianism, useful, of use, serviceable, proficuous, good for, subservient, conducive, subsidiary, advantageous, profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt, valuable, prolific, adequate, efficient, efficacious, effective, effectual, expedient, applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible, commodious, adaptable, of all work, usefully, pro bono publico.

Expedience

N expedience, expediency, desirableness, desirability, fitness, utility, propriety, opportunism, advantage, high time, expedient, desirable, advisable, acceptable, convenient, worth while, meet, fit, fitting, due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming, befitting, opportune, in loco, suitable, applicable, in the right place, conveniently, operae pretium est.

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