Meaning of Utility

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Utility

1. 1
   n.

   The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.

2. 2
   n.

   Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.

3. 3
   n.

   Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.

4. 4
   n.

   The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.

5. 5
   n.

   Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.

6. 6
   n.

   Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.