• noun:   the service provided by a utility company
• noun:   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
• noun:   the quality of being of practical use
• noun:   a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
• noun:   (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
• noun:   (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

  Example: "A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"

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