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    [Noun]  | "util*i*ty" | \ yü-ˈti-lə-tē \


    1: fitness for some purpose or worth to some end

    2: something useful or designed for use

    3: public utility

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English utilite, from Anglo-French utilité, from Latin utilitat, utilitas, from utilis useful, from uti to use;

    [Noun]  | "utility knife" 


    1: a knife designed for general use; specifically : a cutting tool having a sharp replaceable blade that can be retracted into a usually metal handle

    Origin: 1946 ;

    [Noun]  | "utility token" 


    1: a digital token of cryptocurrency that is issued in order to fund development of the cryptocurrency and that can be later used to purchase a good or service offered by the issuer of the cryptocurrency

    Origin: 2016 ;

    [Noun]  | "utility pole" 


    1: a tall wooden pole that is used to support telephone wires, electrical wires, etc.

    [Noun]  | "utility room" 


    1: a room in a home where equipment (such as furnaces and water heaters) or large appliances (such as washing machines) are kept

    [Noun]  | "marginal utility" 


    1: the amount of additional utility provided by an additional unit of an economic good or service

    Origin: 1890 ;

    [Noun]  | "public utility" 


    1: a business organization (such as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation

    Origin: 1895 ;

    [Noun]  | "sport utility vehicle" 


    1: a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis : suv—called also sport-ute

    Origin: 1969 ;

    [Adjective]  | "utility" 


    1: capable of serving as a substitute in various roles or positions

    2: kept to provide a useful product or service rather than for show or as a pet

    3: being of a usable but inferior grade

    Origin: 1851 ;

    [Adjective]  | "utility" 


    1: as in other, new;



    [Noun]  | "utility" 


    1: the capacity for being useful for some purpose;


      * e.g., " ... the store specializes in gee-whiz gadgetry of dubious utility "




    [Noun]  | "sport-utility vehicles" 


    [Noun]  | "sport-utility vehicle" 


     [ "utility" ]

    1: The word you hear a lot when you have an economics major room-mate. Simply means the benefit a person gets when uses/eats something

      * e.g.,  ... Boy: Can I ask you out? 

     [ "utility" ]

    1: An insult. Synonymous to 'tool' used as an insult.

      * e.g.,  ... That kn0b was a simple utility. 

     [ "utilize" ]

    1: A substitute for the word "use" to be employed when you want to make something sound more important or difficult than it really is.

      * e.g.,  ... Person says: "We utilize an alphabetical schematic to organize our records." 

     [ "utile" ]

    1: Verb (yoo-teal). to take take credit for someone else's work.

      * e.g.,  ... "That was my idea! You totally utile'd me." 

     [ "utilize" ]

    1: The filthiest non-dirty word ever. Seriously, just say it.

      * e.g.,  ... I utilized your mom all night long. 

     [ "Utilize" ]

    1: (Verb) Used in Air Force basic training in lieu of saying "go to the bathroom," or "take a piss." Quite simply, utilize means to use the bathroom.

      * e.g.,  ... Sir, trainee Smith reports as ordered. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT, TRAINEE! Sir, permission to utilize the latrine? ALRIGHT TRAINEES! YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO HYDRATE AND UTILIZE. HURRYUP HURRYUP! 

     [ "util" ]

    1: Small computer program, usually to perform a single system related task. Abbr of utility; aka tool.

      * e.g.,  ... - I couldn't recover my deleted files from my sd; that util did not work. - I'm gonna dl all of the ftp://suppa.warez/windoze/utilz, asap; before it's taken down. 

     [ "utilities" ]

    1: (noun) Set of ancillary supplies (like electricity, gas, water.... etc.) required for living in an apartment or house.

      * e.g.,  ... The $450 rent covers all utilities including, electricity, gas, water and cable. 

     [ "util" ]

    1: A ramshackle pile of questionable functionality.

      * e.g.,  ... There's probably a function that does what you want in common_util.py. 

     [ "Utilate" ]

    1: To use. make use of

      * e.g.,  ... Carmen added shelves in her basement so that she was able to utilate the space. 

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