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household

[hous-hohld, -ohld] / ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld, -ˌoʊld /


NOUN
domestic establishment
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It is understood detectives are happy with the co-operation they are getting from the UK government and the Royal Household.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Household spending rose 1.6% in March from February, its strongest increase in 30 months.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The study, “The Display of Information and Household Investment Behavior,” analyzed the impact of a regulatory change in Israel that required retirement funds to stop displaying performance over the recent past.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

Shearer said a previous fund, called the Household Support Fund, would be given to the council in six-month batches, but this new fund is guaranteed for use over the next three years.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

On the night of September 30, 1919, some one hundred African American sharecroppers attended a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America at a black church three miles north of Elaine, Arkansas.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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