timekeepingEtymologyFrom time + keeping.nounThe measurement of time, or determining what the local time is: the act or process of keeping the time.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.”