Definition of "housekeeping" []

• Performance or management of household tasks. (noun)
• Management and maintenance of the property and equipment of an institution or organization. (noun)
• Routine tasks and procedures carried out in the functioning of an operation or system. (noun)

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• "One reason I got so behind in housekeeping was that there were so many laborers I had to work around."
• "But, most of the jobs available for the mazatlecos are in housekeeping, gardening and other service areas, with pay hovering around 70 pesos a day."