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householding

householding

6.6
Making things at home for the family's own use to save money
  • noun
translation icon : producción doméstica
  • The couple practiced householding by baking their own bread and making clothes for their children.

Examples

  • During difficult economic times, many families turned to householding to meet their basic needs.

  • Interest in householding has grown as people seek more sustainable lifestyles.

  • Many families practice householding to save money.

  • Is householding becoming more popular in urban areas?

  • During difficult economic times, many families turned to householding to meet their basic needs.

  • The couple practiced householding by baking their own bread and making clothes for their children.

  • Interest in householding has grown as people seek more sustainable lifestyles.

Synonyms

homesteading
vshouseholding
  • US
1 5.5

Living on your own land growing food and keeping animals to meet your needs

focuses on producing goods or services at home for the family's own use

How Complex

food chain
2 2.4
householding
6.6

Surface Forms

householding singular
householdings plural

Morphology

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

The word form is transparent, but the self-sufficiency and home-production sense is a specialized economic usage that is not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Householding comes from house ('home') and holding (from hold, 'to keep' or 'look after'). Think of families who 'hold' what they need at home by making food, clothes or other goods themselves. So householding can mean producing goods or services at home for the household's own use.