household

household
I (domestic) adjective at home, domesticus, domiciled, domiciliary, domiciliated, family, fond of home, having home interests, home, home-loving, home-owning, homemaking, housekeeping, in residence, lares, penates, pertaining to home, pertaining to the ramny, residential, residentiary associated concepts: household articles, household effects, household goods, household member, household servant II (familiar) adjective accustomed, celebrated, cognized, common, commonly known, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, famous, habitual, ordinary, plain, popular, prevalent, recognized, regular, renowned, simple, standard, stock, talked-about, talked-of, universally recognized, usual, well-known, well-recognized, widely known, widespread, workaday III noun domestic circle, domestic domicile, domestic establishment, domus, establishment, familia, family, family abode, family circle, family dwelling place, habitation, home, homestead, lodging, parents and children, place of abode, residence associated concepts: homestead foreign phrases:
- Domus sua cuique est tutisslmum refugium. — Everyone's home is his safest refuge
- Debet sua cuique domus esse perfugium tutisslmum. — Every man's home should be a perfectly safe refuge.
IV index domestic (household), familiar (customary), home (domicile), homestead, house, ordinary, prevalent, property (land), residential

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


household
People living together in one dwelling, who may or may not be related.
Category: Divorce & Family Law
Category: Real Estate & Rental Property

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


household
Individuals who comprise a family unit and who live together under the same roof; individuals who dwell in the same place and comprise a family, sometimes encompassing domestic help; all those who are under the control of one domestic head.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


household
Individuals who comprise a family unit and who live together under the same roof; individuals who dwell in the same place and comprise a family, sometimes encompassing domestic help; all those who are under the control of one domestic head.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

household
n.
   a family living together, all of whom need not be related.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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  • Household — House hold , a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. [1913 Webster] {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.] {Household… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • household — [hous′hōld΄] n. [ME houshold: see HOUSE & HOLD1, n.] 1. the person or persons who live in one house, apartment, etc.; variously, one person or a group, esp. a family 2. the home and its affairs adj. 1. of a household or home; domestic …   English World dictionary

  • Household — House hold , n. 1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family. [1913 Webster] And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • household — [adj] domestic domiciliary, everyday, family, home, homely, homey, ordinary, plain; concept 536 Ant. business, commercial, industrial household [n] domestic establishment family, family unit, folks, home, house, ménage; concepts 296,516 …   New thesaurus

  • household — late 14c., members of a family collectively (including servants), also furniture and articles belonging to a house, from HOUSE (Cf. house) (n.) + HOLD (Cf. hold). Related: Householder …   Etymology dictionary

  • household — ► NOUN ▪ a house and its occupants regarded as a unit. DERIVATIVES householder noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Household — The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models. The term refers to all individuals who live in the same dwelling.Most economic models do not address whether the members of a household are a family… …   Wikipedia

  • household — ▪ I. household house‧hold 1 [ˈhaʊshəʊld ǁ hoʊld] adjective connected with looking after a house and the people in it: • retailers of furniture, carpets, and household goods • Video phones won t become a household appliance for a long time.   [m0] …   Financial and business terms

  • household — [[t]ha͟ʊshoʊld[/t]] ♦♦♦ households 1) N COUNT A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house. ...growing up in a male only household... Many poor households are experiencing real hardship. 2) N SING: oft N n The… …   English dictionary

  • household — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ average ▪ The average household spends more on housing than on food. ▪ domestic, private, etc. ▪ rural …   Collocations dictionary

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