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

Her campaign also called for universal childcare and refused corporate donations. — Sophia Mandt, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026

That was the period when the United States rapidly expanded educational opportunities, had strong unions and, in the 1940s, experimented with universal childcare. — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

But children missed later doses largely because of transport costs, lack of reminders, poor follow-up and competing work or childcare responsibilities. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

The network said childcare availability and air quality were Texas’s only strengths. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

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