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utility

noun

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Usefulness; in economics, the satisfaction or value associated with an outcome or choice.

The seminar distinguished the utility of an item from the price printed on its label.
Dictionary practice example.
The utility of a dependable payment schedule concerns the usefulness or value the students attach to knowing when their fictional grant will arrive.
From Different Measures of Economic Activity.
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