NounSingular utility Plural utilities utility (plural utilities)
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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. In economics, utility is a measure of the relative satisfaction from, or desirability of, consumption of various goods and services. Given this measure, one may speak meaningfully of increasing or decreasing utility, and thereby explain economic behavior in terms of attempts to increase one's utility. For illustrative purposes, changes in utility are sometimes expressed in fictional units called utils (fictional in that there is no standard scale for them). The doctrine of utilitarianism saw the maximization of utility as a moral criterion for the organization of society. According to utilitarians, such as Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1876), society should aim to maximize the total utility of individuals, aiming for "the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people". Another theory forwarded by John Rawls (1921-2002) would have society maximize the utility of the individual receiving the minimum amount of utility. In neoclassical economics, rationality is precisely defined in terms of imputed utility-maximizing behavior under economic constraints. As a hypothetical behavioral measure, utility does not require attribution of mental states suggested by "happiness", "satisfaction", etc. Utility can be applied by economists in such constructs as the indifference curve, which plots the combination of commodities that an individual or a society would accept to maintain a given level of satisfaction. Individual utility and social utility can be construed as the dependent variable of a utility function (such as an indifference curve map) and a social welfare function respectively. When coupled with production or commodity constraints, these functions can represent Pareto efficiency, such as illustrated by Edgeworth boxes in contract curves. Such efficiency is a central concept of welfare economics. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How do you replace a utility light? Q. I have one of those utility lights on my property and it just burnt out. How do I replace it. Asked by redhed28 - Fri Jun 8 21:49:32 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. If my presumption/guess is that you're talking about a street light that the local Elecrtrical Power company normally places along streets, then there normally is a metal tag on the pole that identifies each utility pole... write this number down and look up the telephone number of your utility company, and you simply call it in and report it out so many days. They will send a crew out to change/replace it...if they don't fix the problem in 7-10 days, call again and remind them you called in to report it earlier. Normally you only need to call them once, but different localities have different priorities. Hope the info helps! Answered by dvskv - Fri Jun 8 22:06:05 2007 How long should the shaft for a utility club be? Q. Should the shaft length be that of a fairway wood, that of the iron the it replaces, or something different? I can't find any utility club shaft length charts. I tend to think it should be that of an iron. Asked by Mark F - Tue Oct 17 01:22:02 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. I am using a 19 degree hybrid which is about 1 inch longer than the 3 iron I previously used. Makes no difference and gives me little more grip to use. I bought a hybrid with a steel shaft [to see how it would perform] replacing my graphite shafted 3. The steel shaft is excellent, more consistent shots and greater accuracy.I now think I should go back to steel in my next set. Give up a bit of distance for more accuracy. Answered by jaipurjohn - Tue Oct 17 01:41:25 2006 Where can I get an adapter to connect a PUR water filter to a utility sink?
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