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PUBLIC UTILITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

Synonyms:

public-service corporation; public utility; public utility company; utility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("public utility" is a kind of...):

service (a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public utility"):

phone company; phone service; telco; telephone company; telephone service (a public utility that provides telephone service)

electric company; light company; power company; power service (a public utility that provides electricity)

water company; waterworks (a public utility that provides water)

gas company; gas service (a public utility that provides gas)

bus company; bus service (a public utility providing local transportation)

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