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housekeeping

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house·keep·ing  (houskpng)
n.
1. Performance or management of household tasks.
2. Management and maintenance of the property and equipment of an institution or organization.
3. Routine tasks and procedures carried out in the functioning of an operation or system.

housekeep v.

housekeeping
Noun
1. the running of a household
2. money allotted for this
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.housekeepinghousekeeping - the work of cleaning and running a house
work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

housekeeping
noun household management, homemaking U.S. home economy, housewifery, housecraft
Translations
Spanish housekeeping [ˈhauskiːpɪŋ] n (work) → trabajos mpl domésticos;
(COMPUT) → gestión f interna (also: housekeeping money) → dinero para gastos domésticos

French housekeeping [ˈhauskiːpɪŋ] house n (= work) → ménage m;
(also: housekeeping money) → argent m du ménage;
(Comput) → gestion f (des disques)

German housekeeping [ˈhauskiːpɪŋ] house nHauswirtschaft f;
(money) → Haushaltsgeld nt, Wirtschaftsgeld nt

Italian housekeeping [ˈhauskiːpɪŋ] n (work) → governo della casa;
(also: housekeeping money) → soldi mpl per le spese di casa;
(COMPUT) → ausilio

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Just so with whaling, which necessitates a three-years' housekeeping upon the wide ocean, far from all grocers, costermongers, doctors, bakers, and bankers.
One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened.
Fathers and mothers are too absorbed in business and housekeeping to study their children, and cherish that sweet and natural confidence which is a child's surest safeguard, and a parent's subtlest power.
 
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