Definition of Timekeeping

1. Noun. The act or process of determining the time.

Generic synonyms: Activity
Specialized synonyms: Anachronism, Misdating, Mistiming

Definition of Timekeeping

1. Noun. the measurement of time, or determining what the local time is. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timekeeping

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timekeeping

timecards
timecode
timecodes
timeconsuming
timecourse
timecourses
timed
timed-release
timed out
timed text
timeframe
timeframes
timeful
timekeeper
timekeepers
timekeeping (current term)
timekeepings
timekiller
timekillers
timeless
timeless existence
timelesslie
timelessly
timelessness
timelessnesses
timelier
timeliest
timelike
timelikeness
timelily

Literary usage of Timekeeping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Business Costs by De Witt Carl Eggleston, Frederick Bertrand Robinson (1921)
"It is necessary to adopt some system of timekeeping, or of aggregate piece production ... The timekeeping system installed should provide also a means for ..."

2. Labor: Hiring Workers, Teaching Men to Do Better Work, Wage-payment Plans (1915)
"The tendency in timekeeping systems, as well indicated in these advanced methods, ... This chapter will discuss several—but not all—timekeeping ..."

3. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"Fishing Parties — Mode of distributing the Fish — Midnight Banquet— timekeeping Tapers — Unceremonious style of eating the Fish ..."

4. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"Fishing Parties — Mode of distributing the Fish — Midnight Banquet — timekeeping Tapers— Unceremonious style of eating the Fish. ..."

5. Typee: A Real Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville, Arthur Stedman (1892)
"Fishing Parties — Mode of distributing the Fish — Midnight Banquet — timekeeping Tapers — Unceremonious style of eating the Fish. ..."

6. Essentials of Industrial Costing by George Simpson Armstrong (1921)
"timekeeping.—The introduction of a timekeeping system is one of the most delicate industrial ventures which may be imagined. ..."

7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... should be assigned to each employee and be so designated either by his name or number. In small shops where timekeeping is handled in the office of the ..."

8. Management and Men: A Record of New Steps in Industrial Relations by Meyer Bloomfield (1919)
"... JOINT timekeeping COMMITTEES (A.) (i) Joint Committees at Collieries in Northumberland— Rules. (ii) Note on Committees at Collieries in other districts. ..."

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