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Pertaining to the house or home. A person employed by a household to perform various servient duties. Any household servant, such as a maid or butler. Relating to a place of birth, origin, or domicile. That which is domestic is related to household uses. A domestic animal is one that is sufficiently tame to live with a family, such as a dog or cat, or one that can be used to contribute to a family's support, such as a cow, chicken, or horse. When something is domesticated, it is converted to domestic use, as in the case of a wild animal that is tamed. Domestic relations are relationships between various family members, such as a Husband and Wife, that are regulated by Family Law. A domestic corporation of a particular state is one that has been organized and chartered in that state as opposed to a foreign corporation, which has been incorporated in another state or territory. In tax law, a domestic corporation is one that has originated in any U.S. state or territory. Domestic products are goods that are manufactured within a particular territory rather than imported from outside that territory. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Zahra, 18, began as a domestic worker 10 years ago. My niece and my cousins are in Lebanon," Ludi Ferreras, a Filipina domestic worker employed in Singapore, told me, as she watched television news reports. From Esperanza, the mother full of hope for her children and working multiple jobs as a domestic worker to pay off the debts of her dead husband, to Bobby, the teenage boy struggling to stay out of trouble in their Washington Heights tenement, each character offers insight into the ups and downs and unfulfilled promises of life as an immigrant family. |
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