Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).household1 nounhousehold2 adjective
householdhouse‧hold1 /ˈhaʊshəʊld $ -hoʊld/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINhousehold1
Origin:
1300-1400 house + hold ‘keeping, maintaining’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a two-income household
- If there were only one, that person could claim a discount, as could poorer households.
- Seb found Boz tying some of the bulkier items of his household to the rear of his caravan.
- The Thomas household had five sons by the time Edward was ten years old.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES There’s plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances. household rubbish
all the people who live together in one house SYN house: Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house). There’s plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances.· Often the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget.
(=a chore in the home)· household chores such as washing and ironing clothes
(=use in the home)· The government is encouraging us to reduce our household consumption of water.
(=jobs you have to do around the house)· My husband and I share most of the household duties.
(=the amount of money the people in a house spend on food, heating etc)· Sally cut her household expenditure and tried to save every penny she could.
(=money spent looking after a house and the people in it)· Unfortunately, household expenses don’t go away just because you’re in hospital or out of work.
(=used in a house)· There has been a sharp rise in domestic fuel costs.
· Household goods are downstairs in the basement.
· She works in a shop to supplement the family income.
· The shop stocks a wide variety of household items.
· Cats and other domestic pets give their owners a lot of pleasure.
· Do you know what chemicals are in household products such as washing powder and paint?
household rubbish· Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Only luxury items beyond the reach of the average household remained on open sale.· Currently, the average household has access to dozens of channels.· It is accessible because it is affordable for those with average and reliable household incomes.· In the average urban white household, parents like to quiz their children about this and that.· The new bills will save an average household £50 a year, but today's decision has shocked county officials.· There has been both an increase in the total number of households and a decrease in the average household size.· The city limits encompassed 91 square miles, and the water bill for the average household was $ 8.
· In particular, benefits boost the very low original income of the poorest 20% of households.· If there were only one, that person could claim a discount, as could poorer households.· Many of the poorest households are headed by women farmers who do not have cattle, an important source of wealth.· She believes that any benefit to the environment will be at the expense of poorer households.· In the small Dorset town of Corfe Castle in 1795 the earnings of 129 females in poor households were listed.· In the short run this could mean a property tax with substantial rebates for poor households.· As households moved into the new stock, better pre-1914 dwellings became available for rent by poorer households.
· The remainder live in private households.· The balance in this country between old people in private households and those in residential care is not sacred or immutable.· For example, there were 1,186,000 adults in private households classified in severity category 1 compared with 102,000 in category 10.· Second, the pattern of disability differs between institutions and private households.· These surveys covered adults in private households, adults in institutions, children in private households and children in institutions.
· On a number of occasions I found members of the royal household resting.· Their loss was not reported to police or the royal household - and work carried on as if nothing had happened.· The anti-Roman faction in the royal household seized power and totally upset the careful arrangements made and fostered by Rome.· But a senior member of the royal household told the Mirror that any inaccuracies in the diagrams were tiny.· Some were closely linked to him through the goods and provisions which they supplied to the royal household.· He could afford this, for the royal household had brazenly looked after its own.· Officers and marshals of the royal household were shouting orders.
NOUN· But the campaigners found only four fridges which were on the list of ozone-friendly household appliances.· This is ordinarily the case with automobiles and most major household appliances.· This restricts cover for contents to furniture, furnishings and household appliances.· Most modern household appliances, such as washing machines and dishwashers are already fitted with non-return devices.· Manufacturers of equipment for telecommunications, defence electronics and household appliances have merged or entered joint ventures to ensure their continued competitiveness.· The list targeted exports worth US$3,900 million, including shoes, jewellery, silk clothing, foods, and household appliances.· More than 90 percent of them said they would support new legislation to ensure higher energy-efficiency standards in household appliances.
· Almost all household chores and the raising of children is left up to the wife.· It is a day for household chores, for cleaning and scrubbing, or to catch up with their religious studies.· It made a welcome change from household chores and got her into contact with customers which provided a little gossip.· Juggling work and household chores, I felt ennui seeping into all phases of my life.· When household chores get left, you feel guilty you haven't done them because you consider it's your job.· What should parents do to help their children complete household chores?· You typed the articles, relieved me of the household chores and fed me royally.· Consider a nine-year-old who has never been able to complete household chores consistently.
· Second - the day-to-day expenditure such as food, drink, household goods, newspapers, petrol or bus fares.· Best reductions in household goods, bedding, dinner services.· Families on supplementary benefit, now income support, are likely to borrow to buy items of clothing or durable household goods.· The insurance cost of household goods in transit or in storage, as appropriate, is also included in most policies.· For example, more people now have key household goods and the benefit of home ownership - as the charts show.· Or take household goods - such as washing machines, televisions, deep freezers, microwaves etc.· Another area which may cause problems is that of insurance of household goods.· Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products, from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing.
· But here the presumption is that it is the wife rather than the husband who is the household head.· For example in 1983, only 30% of unemployed men had working wives, compared with 58% of employed household heads.· Within families filial piety was the keystone of morality and it led logically to an absolute obedience to the household head.· Zuwaya said that property was held in common, with rights of disposal and use vested in the household head.· But in general economic goods were at the disposal of the household head.
· It will want to know what your household income is and what you do, but the benefits speak for themselves.· They were also more likely to have had more than a high school education and tended to have a higher household income.· The first set of strategies seeks to meet health needs and make ends meet within household income.· Median white household income is $ 52, 829, while black household income is $ 60, 450.
· It will automatically calculate, for example, what proportion of your income goes on things like the car and household items.· It went from being a new invention to a regular household item with remarkable speed.· Mirrors were still very dubious household items.· Water was still flowing across the island, carrying along a matted raft of vegetation and srnall household items.· As well as sweaters you can make toys, baby clothes, cushion covers and all sorts of craft and household items.· Scientists tested 131 products, including toys, video cables, phone cords, place mats and other household items.· Prepare a small box or bag containing ordinary household items for each of the expected guests.· Some shoppers look for furniture, toys, books and household items as well.
· Nintendo, a household name, is accused of fixing the prices of its home-video games.· But despite being a household name, pools is the most secretive part of Littlewoods' business.· Norris is not a household name.· Korda may have been touted as a gifted player, but he was hardly a household name.· Billy Dale is not going to become a household name.· They're household names in the States where they've sold well over a million copies of their album Sooner Or Later.· Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name.
· Watch out for household products being used up too fast or appearing in places where they are not usually kept.· Both compounds once were widely used in household products such as glass cleaners, paints and paint thinners.· Often, as in household products or industrial chemicals, hot competition among affiliates of big multinationals ensures both growth and cost-competitiveness.· A new machine or household product existed first as idea, then perhaps as rude sketch.· With more emphasis on household products, does this mean that Marks and Spencer is turning itself into a supermarket?· Water purification has become a major category of consumer interest, and new household products address that concern.· Certainly, for household products, it makes sense to put them in a household setting.· There were some pockets of profit-taking in the rally, particularly diversified health care, household products and international oil stocks.
· Finding things to make out of unwanted household rubbish will always be technically difficult.· Furthermore, mixing up used disposables with the rest of the household rubbish makes it difficult to recycle them afterwards.· This is particularly true of household rubbish.
· This year's investment amounting to £10 million, will focus on the potential of sorting household waste.· In the case of household waste, the price rarely covers more than a fraction of the cost of collection and sorting.· The plant will generate up to 38 million megawatts a year from burning 400,000 tonnes of household waste.· Organic household waste can be composted to make garden fertilizer.· Dangerous items such as these should never have found their way into household waste.· At present, 90 percent of all household waste is disposed of by burial in landfill sites.· It is illegal to put large quantities of animal faeces in household waste for collection, so that idea is ruled out.
· Of course, her name was a household word.· I won't tell you who she is because the name is a household word.· Now Perky as much an evangelist as a merchandiser, proposed to make Shredded Wheat a household word.· With dizzying speed, the tiny label almost single-handedly ignited the hip-hop revolution that made rap a household word.
A growing number of households have at least one computer. Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).household1 nounhousehold2 adjective
householdhousehold2 ●●○ adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- household appliances
- household cleaning products
Longman Language Activatora famous person
a very famous and successful actor, entertainer, or sports player: · Hollings' latest movie role could make her a big star.movie/rock/tennis etc star: · John Cusack is one of my favourite movie stars.· She was once married to a well-known football star.big star: · If he becomes a big TV star, we'll probably never hear from him again.
also celeb informal someone who is well known, for example as an entertainer or sports player, and who is often seen on television or written about in newspapers: · People waited outside for the chance to see some celebrities.· The bar is a good place to go if you want to spot some celebs.TV/showbusiness/media etc celebrity: · The club is popular with media celebrities and literary types.celebrity interview/photograph/biography etc: · Mattie reads mainly tabloids and celebrity biographies.celebrity golf tournament/game show (=in which celebrities take part): · Nash played in a celebrity golf tournament while in Canada.minor celebrity (=not extremely famous, popular, or successful): · Six minor celebrities took part in the charity "Big Brother" programme.
an actor, musician, or sports player who is famous all over the world: · Janet Jackson became a superstar largely because of her exciting music videos.radio/TV/basketball etc superstar: · Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky played for L.A. before retiring.
someone who is well known because they often appear on television and at public events: · For years she was one of the best-loved personalities in the newspaper gossip columns.TV/radio/sports etc personality: · Radio personality Don Imus has gotten in trouble again for what he said on the air.
informal a famous and successful performer: · Eric Hawkins, one of the big names of modern American dance
someone who has become very famous over a long period of time, especially because they are very good at a particular activity: · Among Mexican music fans, Fernandez is a legend.living legend/legend in somebody's own lifetime (=someone who has become a legend while still alive): · Michael Jordan is a living legend of basketball.
a person, company, or product that is a household name is so famous that everyone knows their name: · Coca-Cola is a household name all over the world.make somebody/something a household name: · Ralph Nader's consumer activism has made him a household name in the U.S.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY washing powder and other household products household choresCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES There’s plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances. household rubbish
washing powder and other household products household chores There’s plenty of space for all the usual kitchen appliances.· Often the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget.
(=a chore in the home)· household chores such as washing and ironing clothes
(=use in the home)· The government is encouraging us to reduce our household consumption of water.
(=jobs you have to do around the house)· My husband and I share most of the household duties.
(=the amount of money the people in a house spend on food, heating etc)· Sally cut her household expenditure and tried to save every penny she could.
(=money spent looking after a house and the people in it)· Unfortunately, household expenses don’t go away just because you’re in hospital or out of work.
(=used in a house)· There has been a sharp rise in domestic fuel costs.
· Household goods are downstairs in the basement.
· She works in a shop to supplement the family income.
· The shop stocks a wide variety of household items.
· Cats and other domestic pets give their owners a lot of pleasure.
· Do you know what chemicals are in household products such as washing powder and paint?
household rubbish· Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1relating to looking after a house and the people in it SYN domestichousehold goods/products/items etc- Apple computers became a household word in the late '80s.
- He was the first Aboriginal to have mastered a western mode of painting and by 1940 his was a household name.
- His was a household name when the craze for stereoscopic views was fashionable.
- However, a number are household names; the obvious examples are the Severn and the Thames.
- I won't tell you who she is because the name is a household word.
- It sold world-wide, was a household name, and had virtually no competition.
- Its heroes are household names and millions of pounds are at stake when it is staged.
- Of course, her name was a household word.
- Plus, it's not as if the Barn Burners, Helm's current band, is a household name.
washing powder and other household products household chores2be a household name/word to be very well known: Coca-Cola is a household name around the world.