The property of providing useful assistance.

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness.

ETYM Old Eng. utilite, French utilité, Latin utilitas, from utilis useful. Related to Utile.
1. The quality of being of practical use; SYN. usefulness.
2. A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; SYN. public utility, public-service corporation.
3. A unit 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 light or water or sewage disposal.
4. The service provided by a utility company. + prikaži više