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PUBLIC UTILITY
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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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