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

Growing societal acceptance of and support for working mothers is part of that change, as is an NWSL collective-bargaining agreement featuring protections and provisions for mothers and childcare. — Pj Green july 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Education stories dominated headlines this week across Tarrant County, from Fort Worth ISD’s scramble to fill classrooms after mass resignations to a Democratic Senate nominee’s push for universal childcare. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

When in-home childcare providers said licensing was too slow and too expensive, staff closest to the process worked with providers and community groups to rebuild it, reducing approval times by 60 days and fees by roughly $230. — William Cogswell, Time, 24 July 2026

Premium access is offered for free until the end of the calendar year to preschools and childcare centers. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 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