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

Under the scheme, Parsi families who earn below a certain threshold can receive financial assistance for fertility treatment and childcare. —Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

Concha argued that democratic socialists like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s efforts to create free childcare and public transportation are not sustainable. —Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026

But a woman working full time at low wages cannot budget her way out of rents that outpace pay, or childcare costs that swallow a paycheck, or food prices that keep climbing. —Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

The $500 monthly stipend can be spent on formula, diapers or childcare. —ABC News, 19 June 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