wealthy household
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwealthyandhousehold
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wealthy
adjective
uk/ˈwel.θi/us/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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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 ofwealthyandhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Suppose we observe awealthyhouseholdwhose occupational choice is an entrepreneur.
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The state has also outlawed k'ot'assir marriages, which usually involve a boy coming into awealthyhousehold to provide labour, and later marrying a daughter of the family.
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The subject of the poem is in fact a maid of some kind, employed in awealthyhousehold.
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It has been replaced by a 180m bursary scheme focused on students from a lesswealthyhouseholdthan others.
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Late medieval depictions are often valuable records of domestic interiors and their fittings - at this period the setting was often in awealthyhousehold.
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In the anime, she was raised in awealthyhousehold, but was barely acknowledged by her relatives.
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This need was complemented by the ability of these wealthy households to pay for replacement labour, an option unavailable to most.
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Ownership of small stock (sheep, goats, poultry) is almost universal, while cattle ownership is limited to the wealthy households.
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Decreasing risk aversion and greater ability to self-insure gives wealthy households less incentive to invest in a portfolio of crop varieties.
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Other factors influenced this development, including the desire of wealthy households to avoid drudgery and engage in conspicuous consumption.
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When tariffs are reduced, consumer price indices for wealthy households fall by more than the average price level.
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He argued that there was no difference between poor and wealthy households in terms of risks of famine mortality.
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This indicates that relatively wealthy households tend to be less prone to collecting the extractive good.
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In wealthy households, access to resources in later life was easier.
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