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utility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | service program, utility program |
| Type of | program, computer program, computer programme, programme |
| Has types | output program, input program, trace program, driver, device driver, diagnostic program, sorting program, sort program |
a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users.
utility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | usefulness |
| Type of | quality |
| Has types | role, purpose, practicality, practicableness, practicability, usability, usableness, use, useableness, instrumentality, helpfulness, function, serviceableness, detergence, serviceability, detergency |
| Derivation | utile, utilise, utilitarian, utilize |
utility::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | utility-grade |
utility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | public-service corporation, public utility, public utility company |
| Type of | service |
| Has types | gas service, bus service, light company, bus company, water company, power company, waterworks, phone company, gas company, telco, telephone company, telephone service, power service, electric company, phone service |
utility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | installation, facility |
| Has types | electrical plant, plumbing, electrical system, heat, heating, heating plant, heating system, plumbing system |
utility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | metric, system of measurement |
| Has types | marginal utility |
utility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | service |
Examples of utility
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When their gas bill exceeded $1,000 18 months ago, the utility cut off them off.
From the stltoday.com
When the plant closed, the city lost about $300,000 from fees and utility taxes.
From the thenewstribune.com
Who would be responsible for ensuring it is operating when the utility needs it?
From the timesunion.com
Cullen pulled his sport-utility vehicle into a late-night Wendy's drive-through.
From the freep.com
He gets out early, moves to Mexico, buys beach villa and starts utility company.
From the forbes.com
The Pacifica is a crossover sport utility vehicle, and that is a growing market.
From the forbes.com
To get a clean measure of rent only, it subtracts utility costs from some rents.
From the businessweek.com
Most natural gas is consumed by utility customers during winter to run furnaces.
From the stltoday.com
Cook and county officials said the nonprofit has made rent and utility payments.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- Utility(a): used of beef; usable but inferior
- The quality of being of practical use
- Utility(a): capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"
- 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"
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- In economics, utility is a measure of relative satisfaction. Given this measure, one may speak meaningfully of increasing or decreasing utility, and thereby explain economic behavior in terms of attempts to increase one's utility. ...
- In sport, a utility player is one who can play several positions competently, a sort of jack of all trades. Sports in which the term is often used include association football (soccer), baseball, rugby, rugby league, water polo and softball.
- ' is a header file in the C++ Standard Library. This file has two key components: *, a namespace containing set of templates which define default behavior for the relational operators , , , and between objects of the same type, based on user-defined operators and . ...
