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housekeeping

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. housekeeping (noun)
  2. housekeep (verb)
  3. light housekeeping (noun)
  4. set up (verb)

housekeeping

noun

Definition of HOUSEKEEPING

1
: the management of a house and home affairs
2
: the care and management of property and the provision of equipment and services (as for an industrial organization)
3
: the routine tasks that must be done in order for a system to function or to function efficiently
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Examples of HOUSEKEEPING

  1. We took the computer offline to do some basic housekeeping.

First Known Use of HOUSEKEEPING

1550

Rhymes with HOUSEKEEPING

beekeeping, bookkeeping, gatekeeping, minesweeping, peacekeeping, safekeeping, timekeeping

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