【home-keeping】 —

1. looking after the house (managing the cleaning, cooking etc.):

• Marriage is more difficult because you must agree on home keeping, child rearing, dealing with inlaws….

2. (attrib.) said of smb. keeping at home; home-staying:

• I’m very good mixer but I don’t like noisy groups; I’m a 【home-keeping】 person.

【housekeeping】 —

1. = 【home-keeping】 1:

• This position is responsible for 【housekeeping】 duties and preparing the evening meal for our seniors.

2. (U.S. attrib.) of a rented holiday cabin or cottage furnished with cooking facilities, etc.:

• We had booked “a house-keeping suite” without knowing what that was….

3. short for “ 【housekeeping】 allowance”:

• You’ll go throwing your money around but if I ask you for a bit more 【housekeeping】 , that’s a different story.