household
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- noun
- /ˈhaʊshoʊld/
:
hogar
- Who takes care of everyone in this household?
- household income
- household size
- children in the household
She marries, has children, manages a household and a farm.
- She marries, has children, manages a household and a farm.
- All right, you may have grown up in households where that wasn't the case.
- So I did not grow up in a conservative household at all.
- But within the household, they reign supreme.
- The in most of these households were run by beleaguered women.
- They actually found that transfers decreased households total income.
- All right, now we've seen our three households, our three contestants.
- But again, people might say, but Kevin, household debt is up though, isn't it?
- The Butler is the head of a household of servants.
- Children, caregiving, a job, a household, friends, other stuff.
- And it rang in every household in hood.
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Cabarrus rented an apartment in the center of the city and established a household for herself.
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In our household, everyone has their own chores to complete each week.
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So we at my household have multiple cars.
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The child was raised in a Christian household, and to this day he has no idea who his father is, if, indeed, it is me.
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So I did not grow up in a conservative household at all.
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Has there been something new in the household?
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This is not a neat household, but you would be very comfortable here.
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The household account is in this ledger.
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You raised a single parent household in Harlem.
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Recent longitudinal studies of the linkage between household income and health and development show very strong associations.
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Synonyms
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A group of people who live together in one home
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A group of parents and their children who live together
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A household of people who live together and share everyday life
People who live together in one house
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Etymology
Household combines house and hold, where hold originally meant 'to keep' or 'to have'. So a household is the people a house 'holds', the family or group who live together in one home.