Utility (disambiguation)

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Utility is a measure of the happiness or satisfaction gained from a good or service in economics and game theory.

Utility may also refer to:

• Public utility, an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service, or the services themselves
• Utility (patent), one of the requirements for patentability in Canadian and United States patent laws
• Utility software or a utility program, a software program that functions for a particular purpose
• Utility player, a baseball player who plays more than one position regularly, usually in a reserve capacity
• Utility model, an intellectual property right to protect inventions
• Utility frequency, frequency of the alternating current (AC) in an electric power grid.
• Utility station, a radio transmitter that does not intentionally broadcast to the general public.
• Utility Radio, a radio receiver manufactured in Great Britain during the 1939–45 World War
• Utility room, a room in a house, which is the descendant of the scullery
• Utility aircraft, a general-purpose light aircraft or helicopter
• Utility vehicle, a vehicle that is designed for a specific task
• Utility (car), a term used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to a pickup truck or coupe utility vehicle ("ute")
• Utilities (film), a 1981 movie starring Robert Hays
• Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform, often abbreviated to "Utilities", the battledress uniform of the United States Marine Corps

Economics

• Cardinal utility
• Marginal utility
• Indifference curve