housekeeping
31housekeeping — noun 1》 the management of household affairs. ↘money set aside for this. 2》 routine operations such as record keeping or maintenance which facilitate the smooth running of a computer or organization …
32housekeeping — [ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ] noun [U] 1) the jobs that need to be done in a house, for example cleaning and cooking 2) the money that you use to pay for the things that you need at home, for example food and electricity …
33housekeeping — house•keep•ing [[t]ˈhaʊsˌki pɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment 2) the management of household affairs 3) the routine management and servicing of any system • Etymology: 1530–40 …
34housekeeping — /ˈhaʊskipɪŋ/ (say howskeeping) noun 1. the maintaining of a house or domestic establishment. 2. the management of household affairs. 3. the money used for this purpose. 4. Computers the periodic reorganisation of computer files on the hard disk,… …
35housekeeping — n.m. Action de faire le ménage …
36housekeeping — n. 1 the management of household affairs. 2 money allowed for this. 3 operations of maintenance, record keeping, etc., in an organization …
37housekeeping genes — Genes that code for proteins or RNAs that are important for all cells and are thus constitutively active. Term used by contrast with ‘luxury’ proteins, those that are only produced by differentiated cells …
38housekeeping proteins — Those sets of proteins involved in the basic functioning of a cell or the set of cells in an organism, eg. enzymes involved in synthesis and processing of DNA, RNA, proteins or the major metabolic pathways. As opposed to luxury proteins …
39housekeeping gene — a gene that encodes a protein needed for basic cell function and so is expressed in all cells. Cf. luxury g …
40housekeeping unit — A family under certain zoning laws. 58 Am J1st Zon § 56 …
