Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊskiːpɪŋ/
noun
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1the management of household affairs: she did as much of the cooking and housekeeping as she could
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money set aside or given for running a household: writing barely pays my part of the housekeeping
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2operations such as maintenance or record-keeping which facilitate productive work in an organization.
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Biology the regulation of metabolic functions that are common to all cells: [as modifier]: housekeeping genes