The householder is the person who owns or rents a particular house.
Millions of householders are eligible to claim the new council tax benefit.
Synonyms: occupant, resident, tenant, proprietor More Synonyms of householder
householder in British English
(ˈhaʊsˌhəʊldə)
noun
a person who owns or rents a house
Derived forms
householdership (ˈhouseˌholderˌship)
noun
householder in American English
(ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldər)
noun
a person who owns or maintains a house, apartment, etc. alone or as head of the household or family
Word origin
ME housholdere
Examples of 'householder' in a sentence
householder
For many householders, mail too easily vanishes into junk mail.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For many householders, mail too easily vanishes into junk mail.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But this is unlikely to be of much practical help to most householders.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That task is to find the right incentives to persuade householders and businesses to fund it themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is harder for industry to compete globally and householders face higher bills for an essential service.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It also suggests recipes and tells householders what they need to stock up on.
The Sun (2011)
So how to protect businesses and householders?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The charges are so steep that they have stopped many householders going ahead with plans for extra space.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
How many householders will go to jail defending their homes now burglars have been given the green light?
The Sun (2008)
The goal must be for most householders and business managers to see themselves as masters of their own energy policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As a householder can tell you.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It has held an amnesty since January to get householders who pay no charges to identify themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
No doubt it helps this celebrity householder to go on some mind-bending trips now.
The Sun (2007)
Once able householders, many men behave like tenants in their own homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some cops raced along the street, telling householders to stay inside.
The Sun (2012)
PERSONAL injury claims firms who plague householders for business will face tough new curbs this week.
The Sun (2012)
All options would mean householders paying significantly more than the current average annual energy bill of more than 1,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It aims to help householders pay for some of the cost of energy efficient improvements to their homes so they can save on their bills.
The Sun (2013)
NEWS that inflation is up by three per cent will surprise householders faced with daunting rises in fuel and food costs.
The Sun (2008)
The company pays the householders who host the radiators for the electricity that powers the computers, meaning they effectively get the heat for free.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The internet plan would allow householders to compare their home's value with neighbours '.
The Sun (2006)
ENERGY firms will be forced to tell householders if they are ripping them off undera Government deal unveiled today.
The Sun (2012)
Millions of householders face big rises in their council tax bills over the next five years to ease the social care crisis, it was announced yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Why, therefore, should the consumer or householder pay additional charges for a waste and recycling service which does less and less each year?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It will include 35,000 field staff who will collect forms, help householders fill them in and file reports in cases where people refuse to comply.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
householder
British English: householder NOUN
The householder is the person who owns or rents a particular house.
Officials appealed to householders to open their homes to the thousands of persons made homeless by the storm.
American English: householder
Brazilian Portuguese: chefe de família
Chinese: 住户 >房主或房屋租住者
European Spanish: propietario
French: propriétaire
German: Hausinhaber
Italian: padrone di casa
Japanese: 家主
Korean: 가구주
European Portuguese: chefe de família
Latin American Spanish: propietario
(noun)
Definition
a person who owns or rents a house
Millions of householders are eligible to claim the new benefit.
Synonyms
occupant
Most of the occupants had left before the fire broke out.
resident
council house residents purchasing their own homes
tenant
obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant
proprietor
the proprietor of a local restaurant
homeowner
freeholder
leaseholder
Additional synonyms
in the sense of proprietor
Definition
an owner of a business establishment
the proprietor of a local restaurant
Synonyms
owner,
landowner,
freeholder,
possessor,
titleholder,
deed holder,
landlord or landlady
in the sense of resident
Definition
a person who lives in a place
council house residents purchasing their own homes
Synonyms
tenant,
occupant,
lodger
in the sense of tenant
Definition
any holder or occupant
obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant