housekeeping

n.

1. Performance or management of household tasks.
2. Management and maintenance of the property and equipment of an institution or organization.
3. Routine tasks and procedures carried out in the functioning of an operation or system.

housekeep house'keep' v.

A set of instructions that are executed at the beginning of a program. It sets all counters and flags to their starting values and generally readies the program for execution.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: maintain a household; take care of all household-related business

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - holde hus, føre hus

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire le ménage, entretenir une maison, gérer l'argent du ménage

Deutsch (German)
v. - den Haushalt führen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κρατώ νοικοκυριό

Italiano (Italian)
gestire la casa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arrumar a casa

Русский (Russian)
вести домашнее хозяйство

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - gobernar la casa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hushålla, sköta hushållet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自立门户, 主持家务

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 自立門戶, 主持家務

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 가정을 가지다, 살림하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 所帯を持つ, 家事をする

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ניהל(ה) משק בית‬

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