utilisation | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilization |
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utiliser | (noun) someone who puts to good use | Synonyms: utilizer |
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utilitarian | (noun) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility | - |
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utilitarianism | (noun) doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number | - |
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utility | (noun) the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility | - |
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(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) the quality of being of practical use | Synonyms: usefulness |
(noun) (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | Synonyms: service program, utility program |
(noun) a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | Synonyms: public-service corporation, public utility, public utility company |
(noun) (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice | - |
utilization | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation |
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(noun) the state of having been made use of | - |
utilizer | (noun) someone who puts to good use | Synonyms: utiliser |
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