noun

housekeeping

noun

The tasks of cleaning and maintaining a home, or the staff who do this in a hotel or institution.

"Housekeeping comes by every morning to change the towels."

Routine administrative or preparatory tasks unrelated to the main event.

"Before we start the meeting, a bit of housekeeping — please silence your phones."

Practical announcements made before a show, event, or flight begins.

"The pilot ran through the usual housekeeping about seatbelts and exits."

How to Use Housekeeping

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishCleaning and maintaining a home, or more broadly, small routine tasks that need clearing up before getting to the main business.

Common pairings

a bit of housekeeping housekeeping duties call housekeeping

housekeepings plural

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_____ comes by every morning to change the towels.

From house + keeping.

weeping peeping keeping beeping seeping sleeping creeping sweeping bleeping safekeeping bookkeeping peacekeeping