household
noun
the people of a house collectively; a family including its servants.
households
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pluralof household.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But a sustained decline in energy prices would take time to reach U.K. households, with home energy prices already set to rise sharply from January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The latter would include expanding the child tax credit and earned income tax credit so they reach more low-income households.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
With an installed capacity of 93 megawatts, it generates 287 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough for around 115,000 households.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The richest 1% of households average more than 100 times the income of the bottom 20%.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Those households with residential permits qualifying them to be in Johannesburg were to be relocated in Soweto and pans of Tembisa, a black township under construction outside Johannesburg.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
