DEFINITION of 'Utility'. 1. An economic term referring to the total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service. 2. A company that generates, transmits and/or distributes electricity, water and/or gas from facilities that it owns and/or operates.
by Robert Frost. Robert Frost: Poems Summary and Analysis of Out, Out (1916) A young man is cutting firewood with a buzz saw in New England. Near the end of the day, the boyâs sister announces that it is time for dinner and, out of excitement, the boy accidentally cuts his hand with the saw.
The song is about a lost love, told from the male's perspective. He states that she took a beer from a twelve-pack that he was drinking at the time, and describes both the beer and her sudden departure as a cold one.