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public utility
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–noun
| 1. | a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Compare utility (def. 3). |
| 2. | Usually, public utilities. stocks or bonds of public-utility companies, excluding railroads. |
[Origin: 1900–05
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pub·lic-u·til·i·ty, adjective
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public utility: see utility, public.
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