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Definition of Public utility
1. Noun. A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.
Generic synonyms: Service
Specialized synonyms: Phone Company, Phone Service, Telco, Telephone Company, Telephone Service, Electric Company, Light Company, Power Company, Power Service, Water Company, Waterworks, Gas Company, Gas Service, Bus Company, Bus Service
Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Utility
Literary usage of Public utility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Financial Policy of Corporations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1920)
"But the prediction of earnings at the time of the promotion of a public utility
is more accurate than that of a manufacturing enterprise. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Refusal to serve any one who is entitled to demand its service not only subjects
the public utility management to an action for damages but also will lead ..."
3. Report (1913)
"THE TAXATION OF LOCAL public utility CORPORATIONS IN MICHIGAN. BY EDWARD H. RYDER.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the taxation of local public ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Investment W 19:9-10 Ар 21 '17 Public and the public utility companies. A.
Crawford. Investment W 19:10-11 S 22 '17 Public regulation of wages, ..."
5. The Changing Structure of the Electric Power Industry: An Update by Rebecca A. McNerney (1998)
"The public utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 In October 1973, the Arab
oil-producing nations imposed a ban on oil exports to the United States. ..."
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