timekeeping
nounEtymology From time + keeping.
1
Usually The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
2
Usually Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out.
3
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.1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
- As already indicated, timekeeping is very poor. Point-to-point times are not kept, even with a clear road, and whilst fast running has never been a feature of the route because of the large number of junctions and speed restrictions, this Sunday night lethargy is hard to explain.1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
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- Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings.1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 638:
- Related terms
- bookkeeping, book-keeping, have the time, recordkeeping, record-keeping, scorekeeping, time clock, timekeeper