utility
11Utility — This article is about the economic concept. For other uses, see Utility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Utilitarianism …
12utility — I. noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English utilite, from Anglo French utilité, from Latin utilitat, utilitas, from utilis useful, from uti to use Date: 14th century 1. fitness for some purpose or worth to some end 2. something useful or… …
13utility — /yooh til i tee/, n., pl. utilities, adj. n. 1. the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer. 2. something useful; a useful thing. 3. a public service, as a telephone or electric… …
14Utility — The measure of the welfare or satisfaction of an investor or person. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * utility u‧til‧i‧ty [juːˈtɪlti] noun utilities PLURALFORM 1. [countable usually plural] COMMERCE a large company that provides… …
15utility — A power company that owns or operates facilities used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy, which is regulated at state and federal levels. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * utility u‧til‧i‧ty [juːˈtɪlti] noun… …
16utility — noun 1 usefulness ADJECTIVE ▪ great, high ▪ limited, low ▪ potential ▪ overall ▪ …
17Utility — A regulated entity which exhibits the characteristics of a natural monopoly. For the purposes of electric industry restructuring utility refers to the regulated, vertically integrated electric company. Transmission utility refers to the… …
18utility */*/ — UK [juːˈtɪlətɪ] / US [juˈtɪlətɪ] noun Word forms utility : singular utility plural utilities 1) [countable, usually plural] a public service such as gas, water, or electricity that is used by everyone utility companies public/privatized utilities …
19Utility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Utility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 utility utility Sgm: N 1 usefulness usefulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 efficacy efficacy efficiency adequacy Sgm: N 1 service service use stead …
20utility — u•til•i•ty [[t]yuˈtɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties, adj. 1) the state or quality of being useful; usefulness 2) something useful; a useful thing 3) a public service, as the providing of electricity, gas, water, a telephone system, or bus and railroad… …
