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# housekeeping

noun (uncountable)

«housekeeping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The work of looking after a home: cleaning, cooking, shopping and paying bills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#m1)
2. (in hotels and hospitals) The department that cleans the rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#m2)
3. Money set aside for running a home («the housekeeping»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#m3)
4. (informal) Small tidy-up jobs in an organisation, such as updating files or checking dates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and lessons about the home it covers all the jobs that keep a house running. In stories, Mole takes pride in his housekeeping, and Rat is a good housekeeper. Sense 4 is used at meetings: «a few housekeeping notes before we start».

### Examples

- Housekeeping takes a lot of time in a big family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x1)
- Ring housekeeping and ask for more towels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x2)
- Mum keeps the housekeeping money in a jar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x3)
- Mole was proud of his tidy housekeeping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x4)
- Before the assembly, the head did some housekeeping: lost property and the bus times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x5)
- Learning housekeeping skills helps you live on your own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x6)
- She looked after all the housekeeping, prepared the meals, washed the linen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. A «housekeeper» is a person paid to run a house. Everyone in a home can share the housekeeping, not only one person.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «housekeeping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housekeeping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«housekeeping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/housekeeping.html) on Mova free.