house|hold

house|hold
house|hold «HOWS hohld», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. all the people living in a house; family; family and servants; domestic establishment: »

Persons living in institutions, hotels, and large rooming houses are not counted as households (Wall Street Journal).

2. a home and its affairs: »

The orphan had little trouble making a place for himself in the friendly household.

3. a royal or imperial household: »

He had two good places, one in the Treasury, the other in the household (Macaulay).

–adj.
1. of a household; having to do with a household; domestic: »

household expenses, household cares.

2. Figurative. familiar or common; intimate; homely: »

good, plain household judgment (Laurence Sterne). His enterprise and spirit caught the popular imagination and for years he was something of a household name (London Times).


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