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noun

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.

the ongoing routine, procedures, operations, and management of a commercial enterprise, government, organization, or the like.

Computers. system 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.

Origin:
1530–40; house + keeping

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verb (used without object), house·kept, house·keep·ing.

to keep or maintain a house.

Origin:
1835–45; back formation from housekeeping

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housekeeping (ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ)

—n
1.	the running of a household
2.	money allocated for the running of a household
3.	organization and tidiness in general, as of an office, shop, etc
4.	the general maintenance of a computer storage system, including removal of obsolete files, documentation, security copying, etc

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"How much time, approximately, can a worker in a hectic, speeded-up world give to his work and be a sane, all-round, informed, and recreated citizen? Unless he lives near his work, due allowance must be made for going and coming. Eight hours for sleep and eight hours for family and social life, education, recreation, and other activities which include, in the case of many women workers, keeping house and clothes in order and taking care of a family, and in the case of all workers, occasional visits to dentists and doctors, paying gas bills and the thousand and one other things an increasingly complicated life thrusts upon even the humblest, seem minimal for the "mechanics of living.""

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