Usually means: Benefit or satisfaction derived from.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. utility: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. utility: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. utility: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. utility: Collins English Dictionary
  5. utility: Vocabulary.com
  6. Utility, utility: Wordnik
  7. utility: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. utility: Wiktionary
  9. utility: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. utility: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. utility: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. utility: Dictionary.com
  13. utility: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. utility: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Utility (car), Utility (disambiguation), Utility (economics), Utility (patent): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. utility: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. utility: Rhymezone
  18. utility: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. utility: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. utility: Free Dictionary
  21. utility: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. utility: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. utility: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. Utility: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  25. Utility: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

Business (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. utility: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. utility: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Utility: bizterms.net
  7. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Utility: Moneyterms
  9. Utility: Inflation Glossary
  10. Utility: Investopedia
  11. Utility (economics), utility: Legal dictionary
  12. Utility (economics), Utility: Financial dictionary
  13. Utility: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
  14. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. utility: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. utility: Netlingo
  3. utility: CCI Computer
  4. Utility: Cybernetics and Systems
  5. Utility: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Utility (computer science), Utility (economics), utility: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Utility: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Utility: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. utility: Political

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Game Theory Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. utility, utility: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  3. utility: Anthropological Terms
  4. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. utility: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
noun:  Something that is useful.
noun:  (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
noun:  (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
noun:  (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
noun:  (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
noun:  (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.
noun:  (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
adjective:  Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
adjective:  (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
adjective:  Functional rather than attractive.

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