Definitions of utility

1. the quality of being of practical use

2. ( economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

3. the service provided by a utility company; " the cost of utilities never decreases"

4. 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"

5. 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.

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

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

8. Usefulness; profitableness.

9. Fitness for some practical use; serviceableness; usefulness.

10. Usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end.

11. Profitableness to some end; benefit; advantage; profit.

12. used of beef; usable but inferior