public-utility
1public utility — n: a business organization (as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special government regulation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. public utility …
2public utility — public utility, adj. 1. a business enterprise, as a public service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Cf. utility (def. 3). 2. Usually, public utilities. stocks or bonds… …
3public utility — ➔ utility * * * public utility UK US noun [C, usually plural] COMMERCE ► a company that supplies water, gas, or electricity to people: »Transportation, public utilities and construction accounted for another 14,000 jobs. »public utility… …
4public utility — n. an organization supplying water, electricity, transportation, etc. to the public, operated, usually as a monopoly, by a private corporation under governmental regulation or by the government directly …
5public utility — ► NOUN ▪ an organization supplying the community with electricity, gas, water, or sewerage …
6Public utility — Utilities redirects here. For other uses, see Utility (disambiguation). Public infrastructure Assets and facilities Airports  …
7public utility — A privately owned and operated business whose services are so essential to the general public as to justify the grant of special franchises for the use of public property or of the right of eminent domain, in consideration of which the owners… …
8public utility — noun a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑utility, ↑public utility company, ↑public service corporation • Hypernyms: ↑service • Hyponyms …
9public utility — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms public utility : singular public utility plural public utilities a company that provides gas, electricity, or water for people to use …
10Public Utility Model — ( PUM ) EMS is an ambulance system in which the community retains public control of the ambulance system s capital assets and accounts receivable through direct, accountable daily oversight. It then subcontracts the day to day operations to an… …
