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cleanliness

Cleanliness is a rating of the degree to which a home or room is clean and tidy.

In plain English

It measures how clean and tidy a living space is, as a level rather than a simple yes-or-no condition. The focus is the condition of a home or room.

In context

Here, it labels the field for recording the rating of how clean and tidy the assessed room is.

Situation
Managing move-in, move-out, inventory, keys, deposits, and condition reports
What it communicates
labels the rating field for how clean a room or item is.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not state the exact scale or criteria used for the rating.

Examples

“Guests rated the cabin's cleanliness higher than its comfort.”

Core meaning

“After checking the room, the clerk entered 4 for Cleanliness on the form.”

In context

  • rating Broader Term

    In this sense, the term names one kind of rating used to assess a place.

  • dirtiness Opposite

    This is the opposing condition on the clean-versus-dirty dimension.