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house·keep·ing

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–noun

1.	the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.

2.	the management of household affairs.

3.	the management, care, and servicing of property and equipment of an industrial or commercial building or organization.

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

5.	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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house·keep

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

to keep or maintain a house.

[Origin: 1835–45; back formation from housekeeping

]

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house·keep·ing Audio Help (hous'kē'pĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

Performance or management of household tasks.
Management and maintenance of the property and equipment of an institution or organization.
Routine tasks and procedures carried out in the functioning of an operation or system.

house'keep' v.

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housekeeping
noun
the work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework]

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ˈhousekeeping noun

the management of a house

Arabic:	تَدْبير شؤون البَيْت
Chinese (Simplified):	家务管理
Chinese (Traditional):	家務管理
Czech:	správa domu
Danish:	husholdning
Dutch:	huishouden
Estonian:	majapidamine
Finnish:	taloudenhoito
French:	tenu de maison
German:	die Haushaltung
Greek:	νοικοκυριό
Hungarian:	házvezetés
Icelandic:	hússtjórn, heimilishald
Indonesian:	pengelolaan rumah tangga
Italian:	gestione della casa*

Japanese:	家政
Korean:	살림살이
Latvian:	mājsaimniecība
Lithuanian:	namų ūkis
Norwegian:	husholdning
Polish:	gospodarowanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	gestão da casa
Portuguese (Portugal):	governo da casa
Romanian:	menaj
Russian:	домашнее хозяйство
Slovak:	správa domu
Slovenian:	gospodinjstvo
Spanish:	gobierno de la casa, quehaceres domésticos
Swedish:	hushållning, husskötsel
Turkish:	ev idaresi