noun. The quality or condition of being useful; usefulness.

noun. A useful article or device.

noun. undefined

noun. A public utility.

noun. A commodity or service, such as electricity, water, or public transportation, that is provided by a public utility.

noun. A utility program.

adjective. Used, serving, or working in several capacities as needed, especially.

adjective. Prepared to play any of the smaller theatrical roles on short notice.

adjective. Capable of playing as a substitute in any of several positions.

adjective. Designed for various often heavy-duty practical uses.

adjective. Raised or kept for the production of a farm product rather than for show or as pets.

adjective. Of the lowest US Government grade.

noun. In political economics, the capacity of an object for the satisfaction of a human want.

noun. The character of being useful; usefulness; profitableness; the state of being serviceable or conducive to some desirable or valuable end.

noun. Use; profit.

noun. A useful thing.

noun. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end.

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

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

noun. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

noun. Something that is useful.

noun. The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.

noun. A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.

noun. 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. The ability to play multiple positions.

noun. a facility 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 electricity or water or sewage disposal

noun. (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

noun. a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

noun. the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility

adjective. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

adjective. used of beef; usable but inferior

noun. the quality of being of practical use

noun. (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

"That is, when we say that an agent acts so as to maximize her utility, we mean by ˜utility™ simply whatever it is that the agent's behavior suggests her to consistently desire."