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household

noun [C, + sing/pl verb]
 
 
/ˈhaʊs.həʊld/ US  /-hoʊld/

Definition

B2 a group of people, often a family, who live together: By the 1960s, most households had a TV. household chores household expensesFamily relations in general
(Definition of household noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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