timekeeping

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timekeeping

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From time + keeping.

noun timekeepings · time-keeping

uncountable, usually The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
uncountable, usually Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out.
uncountable, usually The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time. Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains.

verb time-keeping

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of timekeep

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noun the measurement of time

Español	cronometraje
Français	contrôle ou pointage de présence, chronométrage, ponctualité, exactitude
Română	cronometrare, cronometraj

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@misc{timekeeping_2026,
  title = {timekeeping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/timekeeping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}