Noun

(utilities)

The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.

Something that is useful.

(economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.

(business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or , the securities of such a provider.

(computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.

I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.

(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Noun

(facilities)

The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

*, II.12:

Clytomachus'' affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of ''Carneades'', what opinion he was of. Why hath ''Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?

Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.

The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.

Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.

* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)

, chapter=1, title= Internal Combustion , passage=As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities .}}

(North America, in the plural) A toilet.