housekeeping
Americannoun
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the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
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the management of household affairs.
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the management, care, and servicing of property and equipment of an industrial or commercial building or organization.
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the ongoing routine, procedures, operations, and management of a commercial enterprise, government, organization, or the like.
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Computers. system tasks, as initialization and managing peripheral devices, that must be done to permit a computer program to execute properly but that do not directly contribute to program output.
noun
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the running of a household
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money allocated for the running of a household
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organization and tidiness in general, as of an office, shop, etc
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the general maintenance of a computer storage system, including removal of obsolete files, documentation, security copying, etc
Etymology
Origin of housekeeping
Example Sentences
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In Rochester, Father set up a blacksmith shop and Mother set up housekeeping.
From Literature
But what does this really mean for Charu, who is obliged by the death of her mother to take up the housekeeping?
We marvel at what 50-somethings get done during a workweek, and we recall with incredulity how much we accomplished daily while working and child-rearing and housekeeping and traveling and negotiating the city.
“My friend Paul was corresponding with your dad on my behalf about the housekeeping position? And our…special circumstances?”
From Literature
The price-target bump was a necessary bit of housekeeping after Rocket Lab’s big month.
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