housekeeping

/ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ/
noun
  1. The management and routine work involved in running a home, such as cleaning, cooking, and organizing.
    • Good housekeeping includes regular dusting and vacuuming.
    • The hotel's housekeeping department ensures all rooms are clean and tidy.
    • Housekeeping takes up most of her weekend.
  2. The department or staff responsible for cleaning and maintenance in a hotel, hospital, or other institution.
    • She works in housekeeping at the city hospital.
    • Please call housekeeping if you need extra towels.
    • Housekeeping will clean your room every morning.
  3. Routine tasks or maintenance needed to keep a system, organization, or computer running smoothly.
    • We need to do some housekeeping on our email list to remove inactive users.
    • Financial housekeeping includes paying bills and balancing accounts.
    • The IT team does regular housekeeping on the servers to delete old files.
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