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:

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

    “has Nature shown
    her household books to you, daughter-in-law,
    that her sons never saw?”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

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