ordinary household

collocation in English

meaningsofordinaryandhousehold

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ordinary
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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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 ofordinaryandhouseholdfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In anordinaryhousehold, one has a duty to keep in some balance one's outgoings and incomings.
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I want now to consider theordinaryhouseholdbleach.
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I do not know whether the words would not involve the detention in anordinaryhouseholdof an infant child by its father.
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Take an elder daughter who remains at home and looks after her parents and doesordinaryhouseholdwork.
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I believe there is no reason for this shortage either for jam making or for putting it into cakes or forordinaryhouseholdpurposes.
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Claims for relief in respect ofordinaryhouseholditems such as furniture are not allowable.
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This can be seen throughout the whole range of costs which are felt by theordinaryhouseholdof this country.
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If it goes to the hotel guest, that guest has the advantage at the expense of theordinaryhouseholdconsumer.
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They have referred toordinaryhouseholdarticles as small as aspirins, which, in the hands of young children, can be extremely dangerous.
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I would exempt from taxation altogether an income of the amount that might be regarded as necessary to maintain anordinaryhousehold.
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It affects food and the distribution ofordinaryhouseholdgoods of concern to every household in the country.
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So did the burden on theordinaryhousehold.
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It is very difficult to imagine anything else in theordinaryhousehold—leaving aside people who are very wealthy—which is worth more than £1,000.
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It now looks as if many of the chemicals that go down the drain are fromordinaryhouseholduses.
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The number of men who had to be used onordinaryhouseholdtasks was completely out of proportion to the standard of comfort achieved.
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If the miners consume no more coal than theordinaryhousehold, the coal thus released would be adequate to save this cut.
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Theordinaryhouseholdwith an income of between £2 and £3 per week has to buy certain commodities which absorb the whole of their money.
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However, large units deserve to be encouraged because they to some extent control inflation and provide a cheap source of purchases for theordinaryhousehold.
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The other area of concern isordinaryhouseholdproducts.
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To them, the regular payment of benefit is of crucial importance, and even a day's delay may create a financial crisis in anordinaryhousehold.
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