Concept cluster: Social systems > Housekeeping
n
Domestic or other work of all kinds.
n
A person from such a household.
adj
(chiefly UK) Temporary, on a short term basis.
v
To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
v
(US, dated) To do chores.
adj
Characterised by chores; chorelike
n
A member of one of the married couples employed to look after residents in a cottage home.
v
(UK, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant for.
n
A maid or household servant.
n
(sometimes euphemistic) A homemaker.
n
(dated) Synonym of household arts
n
Violence between members of a household, such as spouses.
n
(archaic) A domestic; a household servant; a member of a household.
n
(in the plural) Domestic chores; housework.
n
Anyone who works in the health sector
n
(usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
n
The study of homemaking, including cookery, needlework, cleaning, etc.
n
A person employed, especially by a social services department, to perform household chores and provide aid to a patient or infirm person in the latter's own home; a carer.
n
Alternative form of home carer [A health care professional who provides care in a person's own home.]
n
Synonym of housekeeping (“looking after domestic affairs in a house”)
v
(intransitive) To manage a household; to engage in homemaking.
n
(US) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.
n
a person employed to live in and take care of a home when the usual occupants are away
n
(uncommon) Housework.
n
(humorous) "Points" awarded in jest in a domestic environment for performing chores.
n
A person who stays in your house to mind it while you are away.
n
someone who house-sits
adj
(by extension) Exhibiting behavior and habits that are consistent with good housekeeping.
n
Care and maintenance of one's home.
n
Someone employed to clean a house.
n
Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house.
n
A person in charge of an academic hall of residence.
n
(set phrase, dated) Theory and practice involving the skills and specialized knowledge in performing the domestic tasks required to care for the home and its occupants.
n
The owner of a house.
n
Management of a household; housekeeping.
n
(archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
n
Synonym of householdership
v
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To perform the general tasks of housekeeping.
n
Synonym of homemaking
n
A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
n
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
n
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
v
(idiomatic) To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
adj
Living on the premises, usually said of a household employee.
n
The world or sphere of lodgers.
n
A household; a domestic situation.
n
A person providing health care at a level junior to that of a nurse.
n
A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties.
v
To take care of someone's plants while they are away.
n
A mental hospital used for abusive psychiatric treatment of political dissidents.
n
Alternative spelling of restavec [In Haiti, a child sent by their parents to work for another household as a domestic servant]
v
(nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.
n
A stay-at-home parent.

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