Public-utility
noun
1.
a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government.
Compare utility (def 3).
2.
Usually, public utilities. stocks or bonds of public-utility companies, excluding railroads.
public utility
noun
1.
an enterprise concerned with the provision to the public of essentials, such as electricity or water Also called (US) public-service corporation
public utility definition
A private company supplying water, gas, electricity, telephone service, or the like, which is granted a monopoly by the government and then regulated by the government.
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