HOUSEHOLD


Meaning of HOUSEHOLD in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ average

The average ~ spends more on housing than on food.

▪ domestic , private , etc.

▪ rural , urban

▪ poor , wealthy

▪ royal

He was a member of the royal ~.

▪ middle-class , working-class

▪ high-income , low-income , poor , etc.

▪ family , married-couple , single-parent , single-person , etc.

VERB + HOUSEHOLD

▪ maintain , manage , run

▪ head

~s headed by a single parent

▪ set up

Becoming an adult and setting up a ~ no longer mean the same thing.

HOUSEHOLD + NOUN

▪ appliance , contents ( esp. BrE ), furniture , goods , item , product

The ~ contents are covered by a separate insurance policy.

▪ cleaner

▪ bills , budget , debt , expenditure , expenses , income , savings

▪ chore , duties , task

▪ garbage ( AmE ), rubbish ( BrE ), trash ( AmE ), waste

PHRASES

▪ the head of the ~

The head of the ~ is responsible for completing the form.

II.

adj.

Household is used with these nouns: ↑ appliance , ↑ article , ↑ budget , ↑ cat , ↑ chemical , ↑ chore , ↑ cleaner , ↑ composition , ↑ consumption , ↑ dust , ↑ duty , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ finance , ↑ formation , ↑ fuel , ↑ furniture , ↑ gadget , ↑ garbage , ↑ goods , ↑ help , ↑ hint , ↑ income , ↑ insurance , ↑ item , ↑ linen , ↑ management , ↑ member , ↑ name , ↑ object , ↑ pet , ↑ plumbing , ↑ product , ↑ refrigerator , ↑ refuse , ↑ responsibility , ↑ rubbish , ↑ saving , ↑ sector , ↑ servant , ↑ shrine , ↑ size , ↑ structure , ↑ survey , ↑ task , ↑ wares , ↑ waste , ↑ wealth , ↑ word

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