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the service provided by a utility company; "the cost of utilities never decreases" 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; "the price of the house included all utilities" the quality of being of practical use a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users" |
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