Posted by Jean on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:13pm.
Utility is relative measure of happiness/pleasure/satisfaction.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility
If consuming good A gives a person more utility than good B, then that person would pay more for A than B.
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