UTILITY
\juːtˈɪlɪti], \juːtˈɪlɪti], \j_uː_t_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of UTILITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the quality of being of practical use
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(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
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the service provided by a utility company; "the cost of utilities never decreases"
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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"
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used of beef; usable but inferior
By Princeton University
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the quality of being of practical use
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(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
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the service provided by a utility company; "the cost of utilities never decreases"
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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"
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used of beef; usable but inferior
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
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Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
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Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, - the foundation of utilitarianism.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Fitness for some practical use; serviceableness; usefulness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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