timekeeping

• time-keeping

From time +‎ keeping.

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timekeeping (usually uncountable, plural timekeepings)

1. The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.
   1. Measuring and recording the time spent by employees on the clock, including the timepoints at which they clocked in and clocked out.
2. The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time.
   • 1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:

     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.

   • 1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:

     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.

   • 1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 638:

     Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings.

timekeeping

1. present participle and gerund of timekeep