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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For households, Wednesday’s decision offers little relief because investors still expect further rate increases into next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Welsh government has said that it will also make a £100 cost-of-living payment to all households in council tax bands A to D.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
New England households paid an average of $6.11 a gallon on Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
From 1999 to 2014, median household income for three-person households dropped a staggering 27 percent, more than in any other metropolitan area in the country.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Nine out of ten households traded to survive.1 More and more North Koreans sneaked across the border into China for food, work, trade, and flight to South Korea.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
