household sector

collocation in English

meaningsofhouseholdandsector

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household
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈhaʊs.həʊld/us
/ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/
a group of people, often a family, who ...
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sector
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsek.tər/us
/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofhouseholdandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This in turn translates to a high growth in demand for secondary resins as thehouseholdsectoruses the largest proportion of secondary resin.
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Without sustained effort on energy efficiency from everyone, thehouseholdsectorwill have increased its energy use by 2010.
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There are no official estimates of the financial assets and liabilities of thehouseholdsector.
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Thehouseholdsectoris now, for the first time, a substantial net payer of interest.
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Thehouseholdsectorsaving ratio has fallen in recent years.
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The fourth fundamental of the economy is thehouseholdsector.
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Why is inflation in the public sector running five times as fast as inflation in thehouseholdsector?
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Separate figures for thehouseholdsectorare not available.
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Figures for thehouseholdsectorare not available.
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Cooling and heating in thehouseholdsectorconstitute 40% of our current energy consumption.
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Thehouseholdsectorcovers individuals living in households and in institutions.
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Beyond that, it fundamentally changes the savings pattern of people in the private andhouseholdsector.
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In that context, one of the most encouraging features of the past few months has been the rise in thehouseholdsectorsavings ratio.
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Perhaps most understandably, thehouseholdsectoris exempted.
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We believe that that should be accommodated within thehouseholdsector, not by industry.
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These statutory deductions are comparatively important matters with regard to the rateable values of property in thehouseholdsector.
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I am disappointed that schedule 4 is still unamended, with a 50-megalitre threshold for the introduction of competition and a ban on any competition in thehouseholdsector.
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The law basically captures and understands the essential spending behavior of thehouseholdsector.
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This is understandable because most of the work done in thehouseholdsectoris unpaid.
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Here flows fromhouseholdsectorand producing sector to government sector are in the form of taxes.
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