Utility

From Old French utilitet ("usefulness") (Modern French utilitÃ©), ultimately from Latin uti ("to use, enjoy").

Full definition of utility

(plural utilities)

The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
Something that is useful.
(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
(business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.
(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.