housekeeping

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house·keep·ing / ˈhousˌkēping/ • n. 1. the management of household affairs. ∎  money set aside or given for such a purpose: writing barely pays my part of the housekeeping. ∎ a department within a hotel or other residential facility that oversees the cleaning of rooms and the provision of necessities such as towels and glassware: you'll never have to nag housekeeping for a set of dry towels.2. operations such as record-keeping or maintenance in an organization or a computer that make work possible but do not directly constitute its performance. ∎ Biol. the regulation of metabolic functions that are common to all cells: [as adj.] housekeeping genes. • adj. (of cabins, cottages, or other rental properties) having basic facilities such as a stove and refrigerator: completely equipped housekeeping cabins.

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