plural of family unit

(slang, humorous) Empty seats at a theater, circus, etc., representing tickets that the venue failed to sell.

(dated, historical) A large, old-fashioned model of umbrella. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, roof.

A unit of people consisting of family members, distant or immediate.

A meal eaten together by the members of a family. / The meal served to the kitchen staff of a restaurant before it opens to the public.

A family in the working class.

(linguistics, lexicography, language teaching) A set of etymologically related words consisting of a single word with its inflections and derivations, such as walk, walked, walks, walking, walkings, walker, walkers, walkies, walkable, walkathon.

An adult female with a spouse and children to whose well-being she is dedicated.

Synonym of parental leave

(medicine) A form of medical fraud in which the patient is encouraged to refer or bring along family members who have no particular reason to come but will provide the practitioner with more work.