Definitions for public utility
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pub′lic util′ity(n.)
a business enterprise, as a gas company, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government.
Category: Business
Origin of public utility:
1900–05
Princeton's WordNet
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation(noun)
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
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