I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a domestic/household pet
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Cats and other domestic pets give their owners a lot of pleasure.
a household chore (= a chore in the home )
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household chores such as washing and ironing clothes
a household item
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The shop stocks a wide variety of household items.
domestic/household etc appliance
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There’s plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances.
domestic/household fuel (= used in a house )
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There has been a sharp rise in domestic fuel costs.
family/household income
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She works in a shop to supplement the family income.
household consumption (= use in the home )
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The government is encouraging us to reduce our household consumption of water.
household expenditure (= the amount of money the people in a house spend on food, heating etc )
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Sally cut her household expenditure and tried to save every penny she could.
household expenses (= money spent looking after a house and the people in it )
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Unfortunately, household expenses don’t go away just because you’re in hospital or out of work.
household goods
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Household goods are downstairs in the basement.
household products
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Do you know what chemicals are in household products such as washing powder and paint?
household rubbish
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household rubbish
household/domestic duties (= jobs you have to do around the house )
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My husband and I share most of the household duties.
household/domestic refuse
household/domestic waste
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Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.
the family/household budget
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Often the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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Only luxury items beyond the reach of the average household remained on open sale.
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Currently, the average household has access to dozens of channels.
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It is accessible because it is affordable for those with average and reliable household incomes.
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In the average urban white household , parents like to quiz their children about this and that.
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The new bills will save an average household £50 a year, but today's decision has shocked county officials.
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There has been both an increase in the total number of households and a decrease in the average household size.
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The city limits encompassed 91 square miles, and the water bill for the average household was $ 8.
poor
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In particular, benefits boost the very low original income of the poorest 20% of households .
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If there were only one, that person could claim a discount, as could poorer households .
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Many of the poorest households are headed by women farmers who do not have cattle, an important source of wealth.
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She believes that any benefit to the environment will be at the expense of poorer households .
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In the small Dorset town of Corfe Castle in 1795 the earnings of 129 females in poor households were listed.
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In the short run this could mean a property tax with substantial rebates for poor households .
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As households moved into the new stock, better pre-1914 dwellings became available for rent by poorer households.
private
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The remainder live in private households .
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The balance in this country between old people in private households and those in residential care is not sacred or immutable.
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For example, there were 1,186,000 adults in private households classified in severity category 1 compared with 102,000 in category 10.
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Second, the pattern of disability differs between institutions and private households .
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These surveys covered adults in private households , adults in institutions, children in private households and children in institutions.
royal
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On a number of occasions I found members of the royal household resting.
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Their loss was not reported to police or the royal household - and work carried on as if nothing had happened.
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The anti-Roman faction in the royal household seized power and totally upset the careful arrangements made and fostered by Rome.
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But a senior member of the royal household told the Mirror that any inaccuracies in the diagrams were tiny.
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Some were closely linked to him through the goods and provisions which they supplied to the royal household .
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He could afford this, for the royal household had brazenly looked after its own.
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Officers and marshals of the royal household were shouting orders.
■ NOUN
appliance
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But the campaigners found only four fridges which were on the list of ozone-friendly household appliances .
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This is ordinarily the case with automobiles and most major household appliances .
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This restricts cover for contents to furniture, furnishings and household appliances .
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Most modern household appliances , such as washing machines and dishwashers are already fitted with non-return devices.
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Manufacturers of equipment for telecommunications, defence electronics and household appliances have merged or entered joint ventures to ensure their continued competitiveness.
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The list targeted exports worth US$3,900 million, including shoes, jewellery, silk clothing, foods, and household appliances .
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More than 90 percent of them said they would support new legislation to ensure higher energy-efficiency standards in household appliances .
chore
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Almost all household chores and the raising of children is left up to the wife.
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It is a day for household chores , for cleaning and scrubbing, or to catch up with their religious studies.
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It made a welcome change from household chores and got her into contact with customers which provided a little gossip.
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Juggling work and household chores , I felt ennui seeping into all phases of my life.
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When household chores get left, you feel guilty you haven't done them because you consider it's your job.
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What should parents do to help their children complete household chores ?
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You typed the articles, relieved me of the household chores and fed me royally.
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Consider a nine-year-old who has never been able to complete household chores consistently.
goods
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Second - the day-to-day expenditure such as food, drink, household goods , newspapers, petrol or bus fares.
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Best reductions in household goods , bedding, dinner services.
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Families on supplementary benefit, now income support, are likely to borrow to buy items of clothing or durable household goods .
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The insurance cost of household goods in transit or in storage, as appropriate, is also included in most policies.
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For example, more people now have key household goods and the benefit of home ownership - as the charts show.
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Or take household goods - such as washing machines, televisions, deep freezers, microwaves etc.
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Another area which may cause problems is that of insurance of household goods .
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Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products, from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing.
head
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But here the presumption is that it is the wife rather than the husband who is the household head .
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For example in 1983, only 30% of unemployed men had working wives, compared with 58% of employed household heads .
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Within families filial piety was the keystone of morality and it led logically to an absolute obedience to the household head .
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Zuwaya said that property was held in common, with rights of disposal and use vested in the household head .
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But in general economic goods were at the disposal of the household head .
income
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It will want to know what your household income is and what you do, but the benefits speak for themselves.
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They were also more likely to have had more than a high school education and tended to have a higher household income .
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The first set of strategies seeks to meet health needs and make ends meet within household income .
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Median white household income is $ 52, 829, while black household income is $ 60, 450.
item
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It will automatically calculate, for example, what proportion of your income goes on things like the car and household items .
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It went from being a new invention to a regular household item with remarkable speed.
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Mirrors were still very dubious household items .
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Water was still flowing across the island, carrying along a matted raft of vegetation and srnall household items .
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As well as sweaters you can make toys, baby clothes, cushion covers and all sorts of craft and household items .
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Scientists tested 131 products, including toys, video cables, phone cords, place mats and other household items .
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Prepare a small box or bag containing ordinary household items for each of the expected guests.
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Some shoppers look for furniture, toys, books and household items as well.
name
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Nintendo, a household name , is accused of fixing the prices of its home-video games.
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But despite being a household name , pools is the most secretive part of Littlewoods' business.
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Norris is not a household name .
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Korda may have been touted as a gifted player, but he was hardly a household name .
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Billy Dale is not going to become a household name .
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They're household names in the States where they've sold well over a million copies of their album Sooner Or Later.
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Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name .
product
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Watch out for household products being used up too fast or appearing in places where they are not usually kept.
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Both compounds once were widely used in household products such as glass cleaners, paints and paint thinners.
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Often, as in household products or industrial chemicals, hot competition among affiliates of big multinationals ensures both growth and cost-competitiveness.
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A new machine or household product existed first as idea, then perhaps as rude sketch.
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With more emphasis on household products , does this mean that Marks and Spencer is turning itself into a supermarket?
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Water purification has become a major category of consumer interest, and new household products address that concern.
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Certainly, for household products , it makes sense to put them in a household setting.
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There were some pockets of profit-taking in the rally, particularly diversified health care, household products and international oil stocks.
rubbish
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Finding things to make out of unwanted household rubbish will always be technically difficult.
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Furthermore, mixing up used disposables with the rest of the household rubbish makes it difficult to recycle them afterwards.
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This is particularly true of household rubbish .
waste
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This year's investment amounting to £10 million, will focus on the potential of sorting household waste .
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In the case of household waste , the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting.
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The plant will generate up to 38 million megawatts a year from burning 400,000 tonnes of household waste .
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Organic household waste can be composted to make garden fertilizer.
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Dangerous items such as these should never have found their way into household waste .
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At present, 90 percent of all household waste is disposed of by burial in landfill sites.
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It is illegal to put large quantities of animal faeces in household waste for collection, so that idea is ruled out.
word
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Of course, her name was a household word .
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I won't tell you who she is because the name is a household word .
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Now Perky as much an evangelist as a merchandiser, proposed to make Shredded Wheat a household word .
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With dizzying speed, the tiny label almost single-handedly ignited the hip-hop revolution that made rap a household word .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a two-income household
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If there were only one, that person could claim a discount, as could poorer households.
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Seb found Boz tying some of the bulkier items of his household to the rear of his caravan.
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The Thomas household had five sons by the time Edward was ten years old.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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household appliances
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household cleaning products