utility

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /juˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (state of being useful): usefulness
• See also Wikisaurus:utility

[edit] Translations