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Definition: Head Of Household |
Head Of HouseholdNoun1. The head of family or tribe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Head Of HouseholdSynonyms: paterfamilias (n), patriarch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Head Of Household |
| English words defined with "head of household": butler ♦ master bedroom ♦ pantryman. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "head of household": BRUSH LOADER AND HANDLE ATTACHER ♦ contributing family workers,% of economically active population ♦ RIVETER, HAND ♦ unpaid family workers,% of economically active population. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Iraq | Subsequently, security officials frequently arrest the head of household and inform the other family members that the person will be imprisoned until they agree to settle elsewhere in the country. (references) |
Women | Turkey | Because the husband is the legal head of household, he is authorized to choose the domicile and represents the conjugal unit. (references) |
Belgium | A 1999 law allows police to enter a home without the consent of the head of household when investigating a domestic violence complaint. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Saint Kitts and Nevis | An "economic citizenship" program allows foreign investors to purchase passports through loosely monitored procedures involving cash inflows ranging from $200,000 (EC$534,000) to $250,000 (EC$670,000), plus a registration fee of $35,000 (EC$93,500) for the head of household (amounts vary for other family members). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
head of household | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "head of household"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 所帯主 , 大旦那 (man of the house, master, principal supporter of a temple), 主人公 (hero, main character, protagonist). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | おお "な (man of the house, master, principal supporter of a temple), しゅじ""う (hero, main character, protagonist), しょたいぬし. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eadhay ofay ouseholdhay | ||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 61 64      4F 66      48 6F 75 73 65 68 6F 6C 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 01101000 01101111 01101100 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e a d   O f   H o u s e h o l d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0061 0064      004F 0066      0048 006F 0075 0073 0065 0068 006F 006C 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42716770249722428187857174817870 |
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