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| Bath towels, hand towels, washcloths, and bathmats. |
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| Washable items used to make the bed, mainly sheets and pillowcases. |
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| Capital expediture budget |
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| Budget used to record the fixed assets needed for the upcoming fiscal year. |
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| Items used for cleaning purposes that are part of the operating budget, such as window cleaners and floor waxes. |
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| A determinant of expenses per room sold obtained by dividing each budget expense category by the number of rooms sold. |
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| Heavier, mobile equipment used in the housekeeping department for cleaning or transportation purposes such as vacuum cleaners. These items are categorized as fixed assets. |
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(Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment)
Items with a five- to seven-year life span that are used in guestrooms, public and employee areas, such as tables and TV sets. |
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| Items with a long-term life span that can de depreciated, such as mattresses and chairs. |
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| Amenities provided to guests that are part of the operating budget, such as shampoo and coat hangers. |
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| Washable items that are processed, in most cases, each time that they are used. |
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| The greatest number of units that should be in stock at any given time. |
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| The lowest number of units that should be in stock at any given time. |
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| Guest supplies that cannot be reused a second time by the hotel, such as soap bars. |
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| Items under the control of the executive housekeeper that are generally used in the day-to-day operations of the department. |
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| A budget categorizing items that have a direct relationship to the day-to-day revenue resulting from the sale fo guestrooms. |
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| In operating budgets, other expenses incloude categories other than salaries and wages, such as cleaning and guest supplies. |
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| The optimum bumber of on-hand items needed for effective operation of a department. |
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| Payroll taxes and benefits |
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| The operator's share of additional costs related to payroll. |
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| System to keep tight control of valuable items, for example chocolates and perfume, in which items are recorded every time a transaction occurs. |
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| A document stating specifications of a product to be delivered and the conditions inolving payment. |
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| A specialized buyer in charge of procuring products for all departments of large lodging properties. |
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| A form filled out by departments to request products from the property's main storeroom. |
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| Items that can be reused bu guests without having to be replaced, such as ashtrays and wastebaskets. |
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| Rooms division operating budget |
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| Budget that includes both the front office and the housekeeping departments. |
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| Operating budget allocation for amounts paid to salaried and hourly employees. |
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| A form that includes products' assigned values for price, quality, and service, used prior to bidding orders. |
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| In housekeeping, items of a textile nature that are not bed or bathroom linens, such as curtains and bedspreads. |
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| Employee work clothes categorized in the operating budget. |
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| Identification of a product's essential, desirable, useful, and unnecessary chracteristics before it is purchased. |
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| A liquid cleaner of neutral pH-balanced formula. |
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| Nonreusable guest supplies. |
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| A design style in which earth colors are usually used. |
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| Material to which the carpet pile is secured. |
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| Vacuum cleaners with adjustable straps usedx for cleaning verticle or high surfaces. |
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| The total number of beds of a lodging property. |
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| A machine used to burnish nonresilient floors such as terrazzo or tile. |
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| Plastic basket used by room attendants to carry guests amenities and cleaning supplies. |
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| Wood pieces such as chests of drawers, credenzas, and armoires. |
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| A mixing station for liquid cleaning chemicals. |
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| Competitive shopping form |
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| A record kept of price, service, and quality of cleaning supplies from at least two different vendors. |
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| A combination of two hues to optimize the appearance of walls, floors, and fixtures in guestrooms. |
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| The cost of using a linen item after considering its durability, laundry costs, and purchase price. |
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| A child's bed with enclosed sides. |
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| A twill-woven fabric blend with a glossy, silky appearance. |
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| A chemical substance used as cleaner. |
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| Dual-purpose sleeping equipment |
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| A piece of furniture that provides both seating space and sleeping capacity. |
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| Cloth skirting placed between the mattress and the box spring that extends around the sides of beds. |
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| A machine used to clean carpets. |
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| In carpets, the number of ounces of yarn per square yard. |
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| The proces of embedding the pile fibers into a layer of adhesive material applied to the backing of carpets. |
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| The main body of bath linen such as towels. |
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| OSHA's regulation to ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced in the U.S. or imported are evaluated, and that information concerning their dangers is made known to employers and employees. |
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| A light truck to transport trash or soiled linen. |
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| Metal coils in mattresses that support the weight of the sleeper. |
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| A fabric used to build the bakinf of carpets. |
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| Oversize vacuum cleaner used in hallways and lobbies with extensive areas of carpeting. |
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| A location where clean linens are stored and issued. |
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| A control summary indicating the existing inventory of all linen items. |
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| A bed on wheels, usually called a rollaway. |
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| An expensive material used in napery. |
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(material safety data sheet)
Information about a chemical provided by the manufacturer when the product is purchased. |
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| In-wall bed commonly used in parlor rooms. |
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| Bed linen fabrics made with carded fabrics. |
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| Table linen: tablecloths and napkins. |
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| The process of making carpets by compacting the fibers and the backing. |
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| Chemical used to neutralized the alkaline residue prior to applying a new finish to floors. |
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| Cushion on which carpet rests. |
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| Fabric manufactured with combed fibers. |
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| In chemistry, a measured of the acidity and basicity of a solution. |
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| In bath linens, the yarn making loops on both sides of the material. |
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| Textiles made by interlacing the vertical thread with the horizonal yarn. |
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| A heavily weighted machine used to polish marble and other stone floors. |
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| A fabric blend of polyester and cotton. |
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| A synthetic fabric commonly used in blankets. |
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| A synthetic fabric commonly used in carpets. |
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| A specialized buyer in charge of procuring products for all departments of large lodging properties. |
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| Linens that have preshrunk at the source. |
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| A machine used to scrub hard resilient surfaces. |
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| A chemical agent used to protect porous surfaces. |
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| Linen items that have minor imperfections. |
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| A floor cleaner that doesn't require a wand or hoses. |
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| The flat narrow side edges of bath linen items with no pile warp. |
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| A heavy-duty cleaner used for specific tough cleaning jobs. |
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| A chemical compound used to remove old floor finishes prior ro rewaxing. |
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| The amount of weight it takes to tear a 1 inch by 3 inch piece of fabric. |
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| Common name for bathroom linens. |
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| The number of threads per square inch of material. |
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| A carpet having the yarn threaded through the backing material to form loops. |
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| Weft threads woven diagonally in fabrics. |
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| The vertical thread in fabrics. |
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| The horizontal yarn in fabrics. |
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| A machine designed to pick up on any type of hard flooring surface. |
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| Chemicals used in commercial laundries to neutralize acids in the washing solution. |
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| Chemicals added to rinses to ensure that chlorine bleach is totally removed from the washed fabrics. |
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| A chemical that is very effective in killing bacteria, whitening linens, and removing stains. |
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| Heavy-duty alkaline compunds designed to break soil in the soak cycle. |
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| The optimum placement of equipment in laundries to avoid cross traffic. |
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| Washing sequence in which the moisture is spun out from the load. |
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| Washing sequence to soak the linen and dissolve the soils. |
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| A stand allowing oen worker (rather than two) to fold items. |
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| A surface used to fold terrycloth items. |
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| A large basket used to transport linens to and from washers and dryers. |
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| An employee in charge of laundry operations who reports directly to the executive housekeeper. |
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| A conduit in high-rise properties used to send soiled linen directly to the laundry room. |
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| Weight of all items that need to be processed at 100 percent occupancy. |
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| Machine used in commercial laundries to press linen. |
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| A stainless steel rack on wheels is used to transport clean linen. |
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| Washing sequence in which chemicals are removed from the linen. |
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| Containers for pre-washing treatment of linens for spot and stain removal. |
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| Chemicals added in the final wash cycle to eliminate static sling and smooth wrinkles. |
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| Acidic chemicals used to neutralize any alkaline residues left after washing and rinsing linens. |
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| A carbohydrate compund that is added to give linens a stiff appearance. |
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| A washing machine capable of processing multiple loads of linen simultaneously. |
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| A sequence using soil-breaking products to clean the linen. |
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| A chemical applied to floors to make them slip resistant and give them a glossy, shiny look. |
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| A chemical compound used to protect floors from wear and tear and liquid spills. |
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| Guestroom inspection form |
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| A check list used to inspect rooms by team supervisors and inspectors. |
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| A traditional display of the room status of questrooms at the front desk. Today, the status is proveded by computer programs. |
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| Section housekeeper work report |
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| A form stating the status of the rooms of each section at the beginning of the shift. |
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| Team supervisor work report |
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| A form informing team leaders of the status of all the guestrooms in their respective sections. |
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| Procedure proveded by some lodging properties that involves unfolding the bed, drawing the drapes closed, emptying the trash, and replacing used towels. |
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