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单词 housekeeping
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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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