Utility
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Utility
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Utility
In patent law, it means the object of the patent is capable of performing some beneficial function claimed for it. See Dart Industries Inc. v DuPont Nemours and Co.,(D. C.Ill.) 348 F.Supp. 1338.
Financial Definition of Utility
The measure of the welfare or satisfaction of an investor or person.
Synonyms of Utility
(Public service), noun
public business
public company
public corporation
public industry
(Usefulness), noun
adequacy
advantage
advantageousness
applicability
avail
benefit
convenience
efficacy
employability
fruitfulness
function
helpfulness
practicality
productiveness
productivity
profit
profitability
service
serviceability
suitability
usability
use
value foreign phrases: Omne magnum exemplum habet aliquid exiniquo
quodpublica utilitate compensatur
Every great example has some unfairness
which is compensated by the public utility
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Marginal Utility in the Economic Activity
An introductory concept of Marginal Utility may be: the extra utility, or enjoyment, a person receives from the consumption of one additional unit of a goo
Concept of Utility in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Utility: Practical usefulness, as opposed to frivolity.
Concept of Utility in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Utility: Practical usefulness, as opposed to frivolity.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Utility
(You may find utility at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
late 14c., "fact of being useful," from Old French utilite "usefulness" (13c., Modern French + utilité), earlier utilitet (12c.), from Latin utilitatem (nominative utilitas) "usefulness, serviceableness, profit," from utilis "usable," from uti "make use of, profit by, take advantage of" (see use (verb)). Meaning "a useful thing" is from late 15c. As a shortened form of public utility it is recorded from 1930.
What is the meaning of Utility?
A definition of Utility is provided here: Value- or want-satisfying ability that is added to products by organizations because the products are made more useful or accessible to consumers.