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:

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

    “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)

    “Except that household virtue, most uncommon,
    Of constancy to a bad, ugly woman.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)