housekeeping
noun
house·keep·ing
ˈhau̇s-ˌkē-piŋ 
1
a
: the management of a house and home affairs
… coming home to husbands who won't share in the housekeeping …—
The Wilson Quarterly
The Wilson QuarterlyThe first defense against insect infestation is good housekeeping (regular vacuuming) to remove eggs and larvae from the fabrics.—Sara J. Wolf
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b
: the work or activity of cleaning and preparing rooms for customers (as in a hotel)
—often used before another noun
housekeeping services
took a housekeeping job at a nearby hotel
also
: the department or employees responsible for doing such work
If you need fresh towels you can call housekeeping.
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
performing some computer housekeeping by deleting old files
Examples of housekeeping in a Sentence
We took the computer offline to do some basic housekeeping.
Recent Examples on the Web
At hotels, tip one to two euros per bag, and for housekeeping, one to two euros per night.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
Letting the hotel know a preferred time for daily housekeeping and turndown service can help housekeepers stick to their schedules.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has argued that women are not equal to men and that their prescribed role in society is motherhood and housekeeping.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
Family and friends stepped up in major ways, volunteering for housekeeping, meal preparation, and even taking on caregiving shifts.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 5 June 2024
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
Letting the hotel know a preferred time for daily housekeeping and turndown service can help housekeepers stick to their schedules.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has argued that women are not equal to men and that their prescribed role in society is motherhood and housekeeping.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
Family and friends stepped up in major ways, volunteering for housekeeping, meal preparation, and even taking on caregiving shifts.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for housekeeping
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“Housekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housekeeping. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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