"housekeeping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: housekeepings [plural]
Etymology: From house + keeping. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|keeping}} house + keeping Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} housekeeping (countable and uncountable, plural housekeepings)
  1. The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (chores of maintaining a house as a residence): домакинство (domakinstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tasques de la llar [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 家政 (jiāzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 家事 (jiāshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 家務 (Chinese Mandarin), 家务 (jiāwù) (Chinese Mandarin), huishouding [feminine] (Dutch), mastrumado (Esperanto), kodinhoito (Finnish), ménage [masculine] (French), Haushaltung [feminine] (German), Hausarbeit [feminine] (German), Haushalt [masculine] (German), menajo (Ido), 家事 (kaji) (alt: かじ) (Japanese), 家政 (kasei) (alt: かせい) (Japanese), ハウスキーピング (hausukīpingu) (Japanese), gospodarowanie [neuter] (Polish), домово́дство (domovódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), дома́шнее хозя́йство (domášneje xozjájstvo) [neuter] (Russian), banas-taighe [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-housekeeping-en-noun-rl31TGuw Disambiguation of 'chores of maintaining a house as a residence': 93 5 2
  2. Any general tasks that involve preparation. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-housekeeping-en-noun-ByFCJjxp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: housekeeping bill

Inflected forms

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