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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024house•keep•ing (hous′kē′ping),USA pronunciation n. - the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- the management of household affairs.
- the management, care, and servicing of property and equipment of an industrial or commercial building or organization.
- Businessthe ongoing routine, procedures, operations, and management of a commercial enterprise, government, organization, or the like.
- Computingsystem 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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: housekeeping /ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ/ n - the running of a household
- money allocated for the running of a household
- the general maintenance of a computer storage system, including removal of obsolete files, documentation, security copying, etc
house•keep•er /ˈhaʊsˌkipɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person, often hired, who does housekeeping for a home.
house•keep•ing, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024house•keep•er (hous′kē′pər),USA pronunciation n. - a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.
- an employee of a hotel, hospital, etc., who supervises the cleaning staff.
- late Middle English houskeper. See house, keeper 1375–1425
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