Meaning

• The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

• Something that is useful.

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

• Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.

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

• 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.

  "I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files."

• The ability to play multiple positions.

Meaning

• Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.

  "utility line; utility bill"

• Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer).

  "utility room"