Word Meaning

Meaning of "utility" and the crossword clue

- 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.
- Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
- Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.