typical household

collocation in English

meaningsoftypicalandhousehold

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typical
adjective
uk
/ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/
showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group ...
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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 oftypicalandhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thetypicalhouseholdhad 4.7 children ever born and in the average household year 2.4 were minors under the age of 18.
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This implies that the imputed value of labor time to collect firewood is 6.2 per cent oftypicalhouseholdexpenditures.
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For thetypicalhousehold, the estimated marginal profit is positive, validating the central hypothesis that baseflow makes positive contributions to agricultural profits.
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By contrast, we know that removing trade barriers will either improve or reduce the level of well-being of thetypicalhouseholdin the country reducing trade barriers.
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Bernheim (1998) presents evidence that questions whether thetypicalhouseholdhas enough financial literacy to make appropriate saving decisions in their pension plans.
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Take a family consisting of a husband, wife and two children under twelve with all their income earned, quite atypicalhousehold.
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The reality is that atypicalhouseholdnow pays £300 a year more in council tax than when he came to power.
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What it calls atypicalhouseholdis one with a rateable value of £150.
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In atypicalhousehold, there may be two working partners, perhaps with different work patterns, who are unable to spend much time together.
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To cover all the interests in atypicalhousehold, this could require up to four or five cards.
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Atypicalhouseholdelectricity bill is set to fall by £20 as a result of nuclear privatisation and will tumble further as time passes.
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For everytypicalhouseholdof two and a half people, it comes to approximately £37.
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Constructed wetlands can be useful for biofiltration and treatment oftypicalhouseholdsewage.
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She cared for these children herself, maintaining with them a relationship much like any othertypicalhousehold.
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To easily understand the concept of an isolation valve, one can think of the valves "under" a kitchen or bathroom sink in atypicalhousehold.
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Average household size is approximately 3.07; atypicalhouseholdis two adults and one child.
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The total energy consumed may be of the order of 10% of the electrical energy used by atypicalhousehold, as discussed below.
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The compressor-based refrigerant systems are air-cooled, meaning they use air to exchange heat, in the same way as a car ortypicalhouseholdair conditioner does.
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We shall certainly be informing the public nearer the time about the likely effect of value added tax on the prices of goods and services bought by typical households.
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The wind farm can generate up to 70 megawatts of electricity and will provide enough energy to meet the needs of about 36,000 typical households.
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