housekeepingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhaʊs.kiː.pɪŋ ˌmʌn.i/us/ˈhaʊs.kiː.pɪŋ ˌmʌn.i/housekeeping noun [ U ] (CLEANING)
the management of a home and the work that needs to be done in it, such as cleaning :
She had a relaxed attitude to housekeeping.
the department of a hotel that is responsible for cleaning guest's bedrooms:
the Ritz-Carlton's head of housekeeping
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housework
- mop
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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housekeeping noun [ U ] (MONEY)
also housekeeping money the money used for buying food and other things necessary for living in a house:
My grandfather used to give my grandmother housekeeping each week.
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Accounting
- accountancy
- accountant
- accounting
- accounts
- arrears
- auditor
- balance
- bill
- capital
- capital gains
- costing
- double entry bookkeeping
- expenditure
- false accounting
- fraudulent accounting
- FRS
- GAAP
- imprest
- loss
- square
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Grants & allowances
housekeeping noun [ U ] (USUAL TASKS)
used to refer to tasks that need to be done as a regular part of your work but are not the main purpose of your work:
The teachers' meeting deals mostly with housekeeping issues such as lunchtime supervision duties.
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Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- in the line of duty idiom
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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