·noun Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. ·see Note under Value, 2.
II. Utility ·noun Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, — the foundation of utilitarianism.
III. Utility ·noun The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.