PUBLIC UTILITY

Meaning of PUBLIC UTILITY in English

noun

( formal ) a private company that must obey government rules, that supplies essential services such as gas, water and electricity to the public

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PUBLIC UTILITY — noun Date: 1903 a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUBLIC UTILITY — Enterprise that provides certain classes of services to the public, including common-carrier transportation (buses, airlines, railroads); telephone and telegraph services; …
Английский словарь Британика
PUBLIC UTILITY — noun 1. : a business organization deemed by law to be vested with public interest usually because of monopoly privileges …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUBLIC UTILITY — — public-utility , adj. 1. a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUBLIC UTILITY — company that provides service to the public
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PUBLIC UTILITY — Date: 1903 : a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUBLIC UTILITY — Function: noun Date: 1903 : a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PUBLIC UTILITY — ■ noun an organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PUBLIC UTILITY — [public utility] n (1903): a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUBLIC UTILITY — enterprise that provides certain classes of services to the public, including common carrier transportation (buses, airlines, railroads, motor freight carriers, …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUBLIC UTILITY — ˌpublic uˈtility BrE AmE noun [countable] a private company that is allowed by the government to provide important services such …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUBLIC UTILITY — ( public utilities) Public utilities are services provided by the government or state, such as the supply of electricity and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC UTILITY — (public utilities) Public utilities are services provided by the government or state, such as the supply of electricity and gas, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PUBLIC UTILITY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In the past, public utility districts would send delinquent tenants' charges on those meters to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUBLIC UTILITY — Enterprise that provides certain classes of services to the public, including common-carrier transportation (buses, airlines, railroads); telephone and telegraph services; …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUBLIC UTILITY — Synonyms and related words : Aktiengesellschaft, aktiebolag, body corporate, business, business establishment, cartel, chamber of commerce, combine, commercial enterprise, compagnie, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUBLIC UTILITY — A private business organization, subject to government regulation, that provides an essential commodity or service, such as water, electricity, transportation, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
PUBLIC UTILITY — an organization which provides a basic service to the public, such as water, energy, transportation, or telecommunications.
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
PUBLIC UTILITY — коммунальное предприятие (мн.ч.)предприятия общественного пользования коммунальные услуги (мн.ч.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC UTILITY — коммунальное предприятие предприятия общественного пользования коммунальные услуги *
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PUBLIC UTILITY — коммунальное предприятие предприятия общественного пользования коммунальные услуги *
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
PUBLIC UTILITY — 1) общественная полезность 2) предприятие коммунального хозяйства
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PUBLIC UTILITY — коммунальное предприятие (мн.ч.)предприятия общественного пользования коммунальные услуги (мн.ч.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC UTILITY — коммунальное предприятие предприятия общественного пользования коммунальные услуги
Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Public Broadcasting Service Committee of Public Safety public debt National Public Radio New York …
Английский словарь Британика
UTILITY — I. yüˈtiləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English utilite, from Middle French utilité, from Latin utilitat-, utilitas, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUBLIC — I. ˈpəblik, -lēk adjective Etymology: Middle English publique, from Middle French public, publique, from Latin publicus, probably alteration (influenced by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UTILITY — (n.) The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility …
Английский словарь Webster
UTILITY — ( n. ) The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UTILITY — /yooh til"i tee/ , n. , pl. utilities , adj. n. 1. the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUBLIC — /pub"lik/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UTILITY — I. yü-ˈti-lə-tē noun ( plural -ties ) Etymology: Middle English utilite, from Anglo-French utilité, from Latin utilitat, utilitas, from utilis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UTILITY — noun adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. ·see note under value, 2. 2. utility ·noun happiness; the …
Webster English vocab
PUBLIC — noun a public house; an inn. 2. public ·adj open to common or general use; as, a public road; a …
Webster English vocab
UTILITY — [util.i.ty] n, pl -ties [ME utilite, fr. MF utilite, fr. L utilitat, utilitas, fr. utilis useful, fr. uti to use] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUBLIC — public BrE AmE ˈpʌb lɪk ▶ ˌ public ˈ bar BrE AmE ▶ ˌ public ˈ company BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUBLIC — / ˈpʌblɪk; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective OF ORDINARY PEOPLE 1. [ only before noun ] connected with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC — I. pub ‧ lic 1 S1 W1 /ˈpʌblɪk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ public , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UTILITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the condition of being useful or profitable. 2 a useful thing. 3 = public utility. 4 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUBLIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or concerning the people as a whole (a public holiday; the public interest). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UTILITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the condition of being useful or profitable. 2 a useful thing. 3 = public utility. 4 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUBLIC — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or concerning the people as a whole (a public holiday; the public interest). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UTILITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. the condition of being useful or profitable. 2 a useful thing. 3 public utility. 4 (attrib.) …
Oxford English vocab
PUBLIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or concerning the people as a whole (a public holiday; the public interest). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
UTILITY — ( utilities) 1. The utility of something is its usefulness. ( FORMAL ) Belief in the utility of higher education …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can refer to people in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UTILITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES public utility utility pole utility room COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ The kitchen …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUBLIC — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a matter of public record formal (= something that has been written down so …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UTILITY — [noun] [U] [slightly formal] - the usefulness of something, esp. in a practical wayThe utility of the rescue equipment has …
Cambridge English vocab
PUBLIC — n. notary public Public Broadcasting Service Committee of Public Safety public debt National Public Radio New York Public Library public …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUBLIC — Synonyms and related words : Babbittish, Everyman, John Doe, Philistine, Public, accessible, acknowledged, adherent, admitted, affirmed, alehouse, announced, apparent, appendage, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUBLIC — INDEX: 1. for everyone to use 2. owned or paid for by the government 3. when a lot of people …
Longman Activator English vocab
PUBLIC — n. 25B6; adjective public affairs : STATE, national, federal, government; constitutional, civic, civil, official, social, municipal, community, communal, local; nationalized. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUBLIC
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UTILITY — [Economics] the level of happiness or satisfaction that a person receives from his or her circumstances Note: utility is the …
Sean Woo's Finance, GIS and Real Estate English Glossary
UTILITY — An economic concept referring to the precise degree of personal satisfaction, pleasure, or sense of want-fulfillment an individual derives from …
English Glossary of Political Economy Terms
UTILITY — 1. сущ. 1) полезность; выгодность of no utility ≈ бесполезный Belief in the utility of higher education is shared by …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC — 1. прил. 1) а) общественный; государственный public broadcasting ≈ государственное радиовещание public policy ≈ государственная политика public buildings ≈ общественные …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UTILITY — utility.ogg 1. ju:ʹtılıtı n 1. полезность, практичность, выгодность of no utility - бесполезный 2. полезная вещь 3. pl ( тж. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUBLIC — public.ogg 1. ʹpʌblık n 1. собир. народ the public is the best judge, the public are the best judges народ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UTILITY — 1) мн. ч. коммунальные предприятия, предприятия общественного пользования 2) мн. ч. коммунальные услуги; коммунальная служба 3) электростанция общего пользования 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
UTILITY — 1) мн. ч. коммунальные предприятия, предприятия общественного пользования 2) мн. ч. коммунальные услуги; коммунальная служба 3) электростанция общего пользования 4) сервисная [обслуживающая, служебная] …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
UTILITY — 1) выгодность 2) коммунальные сооружения 3) полезность 4) сооружение 5) компьют. услуга 6) утилита 7) утилитарность • diminishing marginal utility — убывающая предельная полезность general utility wrench — универсальный …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PUBLIC — 1) гласный 2) государственный 3) коммунальный 4) общедоступный 5) общественность 6) общественный 7) публичный • care of public health — здравоохранение embezzler of public funds — казнокрад public catering establishment …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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