public utility

Definition

› a company that supplies water, gas, or electricity to people: Transportation, public utilities and construction accounted for another 14,000 jobs. public utility companies/regulations

(Definition of public utility noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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