household effects

American  

plural noun

1. privately owned goods consisting chiefly of furniture, appliances, etc., for keeping house.

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Etymology

Origin of household effects

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The three truckloads of donated items, such as old clothes, shoes and other household effects that the Edhi centres in Karachi usually received every week have dwindled to just one now, he added.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

His household effects, including his family Bible, were still being shipped from Springfield, Ill., Mr. Dimunation said.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2017

And on March 28, 2012, under the terms of a settlement announced by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Mr. Marshall relinquished his rights to furniture, household effects and books he had inherited from his mother.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2012

Originally, special orders were designed to help servicemen buy furniture below retail prices, on the theory that they moved their household effects frequently and that "three moves equals one fire" in wear & tear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Money came and again there were days of packing household effects.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright