janitorial

American  

[jan-i-tawr-ee-uhl] / ˌdʒæn ɪˈtɔr i əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a janitor, a person employed in an apartment, office, school building, etc., to clean public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs.

   Our janitorial product supply includes a wide spectrum of cleaning products.

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Etymology

Origin of janitorial

janitor ( def. ) + -ial ( def. )

Example Sentences

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janitorial

Most worrying, analysts said, is that KKR’s bad loans included its largest single holding, a $350 million investment in the janitorial company Kellermeyer Bergensons Services that accounted for more than 2% of the fund’s assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Hospitals and ambulatory care providers support employment in transportation companies, food vendors, educational programs, janitorial services, construction firms, and biomedical suppliers.

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

"I'm including the housekeeping, the janitorial, the booking staff, the maintenance, as well as the consultants, the doctors, the nurses, physios and others," she added.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

At a May meeting, the warden told all executive staff that they needed to come to work dressed down on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the staffer said, because they would have to start doing janitorial work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

“Yes. Mr. Sims offered me the janitorial job at Main Street School,” he answered, grinning from ear to ear.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez