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What is the noun for keeps?

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keeper
  1. One who keeps something.
  2. (informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
  3. A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
  4. (sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
  5. A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
  6. (American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
  7. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
  8. A fruit or vegetable that keeps for some time without spoiling.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. curator, caretaker, steward, superintendent, administrator, attendant, custodian, guardian, warden, conservator, governor, janitor, supervisor, archivist, groundskeeper, groundsman, watchman, porter, overseer, concierge, manager, officer, protector, caregiver, agent, carer, doorman, representative, foreman, watchperson, trustee, director, watchdog, gamekeeper, watchkeeper, doorkeeper, depositary, gatekeeper, fiduciary, doorperson, depository, legal guardian, super, housekeeper, house-sitter, night watchman, parent, supporter, factor, helper … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “Skelton, the museum's keeper of maps and perhaps the world's leading authority on the history of early cartography, had written several highly important publications.”
      “I should have stepped in and acted as my brother's keeper. The failure gnawed at me.”
      “Despite her growing suspicions, Carson persuaded Campbell that a scheme to bribe the prison's keeper would work.”
keep
  1. (obsolete) Care, notice
  2. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to Wikipedia:keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
  3. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
  4. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
  5. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
  6. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
  7. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. maintenance, upkeep, board, food, support, livelihood, living, means, nurture, subsistence, sustenance, conservation, conserving, nourishment, preservation, preserving, sustentation, board and lodging, care and feeding, kai, income, bread and butter, means of support, daily bread, alimentation, existence, funds, source of income, work, job, occupation, employment, being, career, profession, sustainment, trade, bread, mode, salt, way, day job, living wage, source of revenue, aliment, provision, care, resources, funding, welfare … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “Mostly, they would work for their keep and a little pocket money.”
      “This Great Hall was the social center for the inhabitants of the inner keep.”
keeping
  1. conformity or harmony.
  2. charge or care.
  3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. care, charge, guardianship, custody, protection, supervision, ward, safekeeping, custodianship, trust, patronage, preservation, keep, tutelage, trusteeship, maintenance, protectorship, possession, safeguard, safe keeping, guidance, aegis, control, management, auspices, surveillance, wardship, superintendence, conservation, support, responsibility, stewardship, handling, shelter, administration, upkeep, direction, superintendency, conserving, regulation, government, preserving, oversight, guard, championship, safeguarding, governance, intendance, headship, umbrella … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Your family records will remain in my safe keeping until you request that they be moved.”
      “The records in question are currently in his keeping.”
      “Do not look at, listen to, or say anything that is not in keeping with the rules of decency.”
keepability
  1. The quality or degree of being keepable, especially the extent to which food can be preserved.
keepership
  1. The position of a keeper; guardianship, ownership.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Over the past decade, under the keepership of Julian Treuherz, the Walker has both broadened and focused its collecting policy.”
      “I wish he had had the keepership of the National Gallery, for I don't think his Government will hold together through many weeks.”
keepsies
  1. (childish) The act of keeping something, especially something wagered as part of a game.
  2. Examples:
      3. “We'll be playing for keepsies.”
keeperess
  1. (literary) A female keeper.
keepable
  1. Something that can or should be kept.
keeps
  1. plural of keep
  2. (plural only) keeping (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. Synonyms:
      4. maintenance, upkeep, board, food, support, livelihood, living, means, nurture, subsistence, sustenance, conservation, nourishment, preservation, preservings, sustentations, board and lodging, kai, strongholds, towers, castles, citadels, donjons, dungeons, fastness, forts, fortresses, bastions, fortification, holds … more
keeperships
  1. plural of keepership
keepables
  1. plural of keepable
keepings
  1. plural of keeping
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cares, charges, guardianships, custodies, protections, supervisions, wards, safekeepings, custodianships, trusts, patronages, preservations, keeps, tutelages, trusteeships, maintenances, protectorships, possessions, safeguards, guidances, controls, aegides, managements, auspices, surveillances, wardships, superintendence, conservations, supports, responsibilities, stewardships, upkeep, handlings, administrations, shelters, preservings, superintendencies, directions, regulations, safeguarding, governments, oversights, governances, guards, championships, headships, presidencies, umbrellas, salvations, sustentations … more
keepers
  1. plural of keeper
  2. Synonyms:
      3. curators, caretakers, stewards, superintendents, administrators, attendants, custodians, guardians, wardens, conservators, governors, janitors, supervisors, archivists, groundskeepers, groundsmen, watchmen, overseers, officers, porters, managers, foremen, concierges, agents, representatives, directors, watchdogs, watchkeepers, doormen, gamekeepers, depositaries, fiduciaries, depositories, trustees, protectors, reeves, warders, factors, bailiffs, land agents, chamberlains, helpers, waiters, tender, assistants, waitpersons, auxiliaries, menials, servants, waitresses … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Lighthouse keepers and fisherman generally report them as they spend more time near the sea.”
      “Some pet keepers are bitten while handling their snakes in a drunken, drugged, tired, or emotional state, late at night.”
      “As soon as the first cub was born, it was clear to the animal keepers and the vet that more were on their way.”
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