Utility


Definition of "Utility"

Bion Grady
  Atlanta Communities Real Estate


  1. An economic and highly subjective term describing satisfaction of a specified want. Utility and usefulness are not necessarily synonymous terms.
  2. The value of a certain outcome or payoff to someone; the pleasure or displeasure that person would derive from that outcome.


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