timekeeping noun3 •The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time. •Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out. •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 formstimekeepings
