childcare

noun

child·​care ˈchī(-ə)ld-ˌker 

variants or child care

: the care of children especially as a service while parents are working

Erratic week-to-week work schedules make it nearly impossible to manage a personal budget or secure childcare.

—David Dayen

Examples of childcare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over the past few years, data breaches targeting schools, healthcare providers, and childcare services have been making headlines, exposing sensitive personal information and leaving families vulnerable. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025

With grocery bills, childcare expenses and other household costs climbing, partly due to ongoing tariff impacts, the cooling rental market provides a modest but meaningful counterbalance. —Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025

Early in the season, Hartley contracts polio and is hospitalized, leaving the Hellers in need of childcare. —Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

Alverno College's abrupt decision to sell its on-site childcare early this school year has resulted in some parents scrambling to find alternative day cares for their children. —Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for childcare

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• compare
• cookware