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Verb: utilize  'yootu`lIz
  1. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
    "How do you utilize this tool?"
    - use, utilise [Brit], apply, employ
     
  2. Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
    - utilise [Brit]

Derived forms: utilizes, utilizing, utilized

See also: utility, utilizable, utilization, utilizer

Type of: change, commute, convert, exchange