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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
household
▪ I. house·hold [household households] BrE [ˈhaʊshəʊld] NAmE [ˈhaʊshoʊld] noun all the people living together in a house or flat/apartment • Most households now own at least one car. •low-income/one-parent, etc. households •the head of the household Thesaurus: household noun C •Most households own at least one car. family • • home • • house • a low-income/poor/high-income/wealthy/rich/one-parent household/family/home an/the average household/family/home be one of the household/family Family or household? Members of a family are related to each other; members of a household live together as a group or unit but need not be related. Example Bank: •Becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing. •He was a member of the royal household. •The average household pays 27p a day in water rates. •The average household spends more on housing than on food. •The head of the household is responsible for completing the council tax form. •The household contents are covered by a separate insurance policy. •households headed by a single parent •Government figures showed household spending fell by 2% in October. •House prices are rising, driven by the big increase in the number of single-person households. •household bills/chores/goods ▪ II. house·hold adjective only before noun •household bills/chores/goods (= connected with looking after a house and the people living in it) Main entry: ↑householdderived
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