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household

[ hous-hohld, -ohld ]

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noun

the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.

adjective

of or relating to a household:
household furniture.
for use in maintaining a home, especially for use in cooking, cleaning, laundering, repairing, etc., in the home:
a household bleach.
common or usual; ordinary.

household

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noun

the people living together in one house collectively
modifier of, relating to, or used in the running of a household; domestic
household management

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Word History and Origins

Origin of household¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, household is from the Middle English word houshold. See house, hold ¹

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Last month in a Sunday Times interview, the corporation's chairman suggested wealthier households could be charged more.

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He also speculated that it may eventually only apply to students from low-income households.

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The All Items Retail Prices Index measures the change from quarter to quarter in the price of the goods and services purchased by an average household in Jersey.

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While the quarterly change can skew annual comparisons, the regulator illustrates the effect of the price cap with the annual bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity.

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"The effect of tariffs announced on April 2 and associated uncertainty offset the expected strengthening of private consumption with above-inflation wage growth boosting household disposable income," its World Economic Outlook report said.

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