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Etymology

From Old French utilite (“‘usefulness’”) (French utilité), ultimately from Latin uti (“‘to use, enjoy’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular utility

Plural utilities

utility (plural utilities)

  1. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
  2. Something that is useful.
  3. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
  4. (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company or its securities.
  5. (computing) A software program specifically designed to help manage and tune the computer hardware, operating system or application software, and perform a single task or a small range of tasks; as opposed to application software which tend to be software suites.
  6. (sports) Capable of playing many positions.

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