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

Advertisement On the campaign trail in the nation’s capital, Lewis George similarly made expanding affordable housing and universal childcare cornerstones of her platform. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 5 Nov. 2026

Free childcare, free bus service, free city-run grocery stores, rent control extended into perpetuity, free whatever surfaces in the next focus group. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026

Schultz currently works as a childcare provider and paralegal. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026

Her other policy goals include ending military aid to Israel, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and laying the groundwork for Medicare for All, universal childcare and eldercare. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 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