household

Example Sentences

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The report found that many teaching assistants were in single-income households and a significant proportion were reliant on benefits.

From BBC

India is home to one of the world's most ambitious social programmes - a jobs guarantee that gives every rural household the legal right to paid work.

From BBC

Maybe there was a memo sent round the royal households of Europe, but many of this year's Christmas cards seem to have similar images of showing their families holding on to each other tenderly.

From BBC

At that income level, U.S. household consumption accounted for 62-65% of GDP.

From Barron's

The country still runs a sizable current-account surplus—roughly $500-700 billion—but instead of accumulating in official reserves, those savings are being deployed abroad by firms, households, and financial institutions.

From Barron's