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.
[ËÉËl(d) lÉÅËsÉin] : note s rather than z) is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight.he phrase Auld Lang Syne is also used in similar poems by Robert Ayton (1570â1638), Allan Ramsay (1686â1757), and James Watson (1711) as well as older folk songs predating Burns. Matthew Fitt uses the phrase In the days of auld lang syne as the equivalent of  Once upon a time...