Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of household
"The new energy policy aims to reduce electricity bills for millions of households across the country."
In plain English: A household is a group of people who live together in the same home and share daily life.
"Many households are reducing their energy consumption to lower bills."
Usage: Use households to refer to multiple families or groups of people living together in separate residences. Avoid using it to mean individual rooms within a single home.
Derived from Old English hūs (dwelling) combined with the suffix -hold, households originally referred to people living together in one house under a single head. The plural form simply denotes multiple such domestic units or families sharing common resources and management.