poor household

collocation in English

meaningsofpoorandhousehold

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poor
adjective
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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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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(Definition ofpoorandhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The amount of the assistance to thepoorhouseholdcould be as much as half of the monthly income of the poor.
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Apoorhouseholdmay have little incentive to be diligent and thus may have a large probability of default.
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Poor hygiene, poor food handling habits andpoorhouseholdfacilities may be regarded as the main risk factors associated with prevalent parasitic diseases.
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But when the moment arrives that the eldest boy or girl begins to earn something there is immediate relief to thatpoorhousehold.
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The court records of the proceedings show a verypoorhousehold.
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He grew up in a relativelypoorhouseholdwith his father.
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He came from apoorhouseholdand was educated locally.
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A sixth position was used in some instances of apoorhousehold, in the countryside and during the winter.
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A stammering boy from apoorhousehold, he is friendless at his school, and takes refuge in vengeful fantasies.
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The everyday food of apoorhouseholdis nachni bread, and occasionally rice and curry with vadas.
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A fuelpoorhouseholdis one that struggles to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost.
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For example, welfare transfers are usually unequally distributed (most households do not receive them), but they are directed disproportionately at poor households.
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Coming from very poor households, the mere thought of keeping an audience enthralled must be no mean sense of fulfilment.
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Except in very poor households, parents did not expect unmarried working children to contribute to the household income.
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