utilities

n. usefulness; use; public service; something useful; (Computers) utility program

A public utility (usually just utility in British English) is a company that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities often involve natural monopolies, and as a result are often government monopolies, or if privately owned, the sectors are specially regulated by a Public Utilities Commission.
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Noun
1. a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
(synonym) public utility, public-service corporation
(hypernym) service
(hyponym) telephone company, telephone service, phone company, phone service, telco
2. the quality of being of practical use
(synonym) usefulness
(antonym) inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) detergency, detergence
(attribute) useful, utile
(derivation) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
3. the service provided by a utility company; "the cost of utilities never decreases"
(hypernym) service
4. (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
(hypernym) system of measurement, metric
(hyponym) marginal utility
(classification) economics, economic science, political economy
5. (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
(synonym) utility program, service program
(hypernym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
(hyponym) driver, device driver
(part-meronym) utility routine, service routine
(classification) computer science, computing
6. 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"
(hypernym) facility, installation
(hyponym) electrical system, electrical plant
Adjective
1. used of beef; usable but inferior
(synonym) utility(a), utility-grade
(similar) inferior
2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"
(synonym) utility(a), substitute(a)
(similar) secondary

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