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Meanings of housekeeping in English

Russian
hauskeeping
Spanish
tareaje doméstico

Management of household chores.

hauskeeping
Portuguese
agregado familiar

The work of cleaning and running a house.

agregado familiar

Any process whereby computer resources are released from use for further use.

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Usage of housekeeping in English
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Cameron was perhaps thinking that he was simply giving good housekeeping advice.
The Irish Times
2
This is the way I helped in the housekeeping and in business.
The Promised Land
3
They promote patients' wellbeing, providing nutritious meals and undertaking light housekeeping duties.
The Guardian
4
So the young couple began their housekeeping in a very simple way.
Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
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But she was immediately absorbed in the manifold duties of the housekeeping.
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
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She says her autistic 14-year-old daughter learned housekeeping techniques from the programme.
Jamaica Observer
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And it's really gone beyond just a pure housekeeping exercise, Donovan said.
Reuters
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The smallest article which could be required in housekeeping was not overlooked.
Bits about Home Matters
9
Brown Thomas managing director Stephen Sealey said it was a housekeeping exercise.
The Irish Times
10
I could have taken over the housekeeping and helped Granny run things.
Unfinished desires: a novel
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The great result of all play housekeeping is the formation of ideals.
Vocational Guidance for Girls
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The housekeeping comes to so little; I have only four servants, and--
Great Possessions
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There are only a few housekeeping rules for John Delaney to remember.
The Irish Times
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The remaining branches of housekeeping apparently do not interest the modern housewife.
Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework: Business principles appli...
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With luck, this was the day housekeeping was scheduled to come by.
Seeing stars
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The sequence lacks significant internal repeats and has a housekeeping gene structure.
Pubmed
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Housekeeping across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common