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householding

householding

5.7
Grouping people who live at the same address for billing or records
  • noun
  • /ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : agrupación de hogares
  • Many companies use householding to send a single bill to families living at the same address.

Examples

  • Census data collection often relies on householding to count people living together as one unit.

  • Banks may offer special services to customers after confirming their householding status.

  • The concept of householding is becoming more popular.

  • Many companies are adopting householding for marketing strategies.

  • Many companies use householding to send a single bill to families living at the same address.

  • Census data collection often relies on householding to count people living together as one unit.

  • Banks may offer special services to customers after confirming their householding status.

Surface Forms

householding singular
householdings plural

Morphology

householding = household (semi-transparent) = house + hold + ing

The form clearly contains 'household', but the billing and census usage is a specialized institutional extension rather than a straightforward everyday meaning.

Etymology

Householding comes from house ('home') and holding (from hold, 'to keep together' or 'group'). Imagine putting people or accounts 'under one roof' and 'holding' them as a single unit. So householding means grouping people or accounts as one household for billing, counting or services.