Household

Household

The household (HH; oikos ancient Greek: οἶκος, plural: οἶκοι) is "the basic residential unit in which economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; "may or may not be synonymous with family".

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Famous quotes containing the word household:

    “When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.”
    —Katharine Whitehorn (b. 1926)

    “Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.”
    —Beverly Jones (b. 1927)

    “The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)