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.—
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But, while adults are gorilla trekking, the lodge will provide childcare services (on a complimentary basis).
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
In recent years, Japan and South Korea have also introduced measures to encourage births – such as financial incentives, cash vouchers, housing subsidies and more childcare support – with limited success.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite significant investment—over $200 billion in 16 years—into policies, including cash incentives, fertility treatment subsidies, and childcare services, South Korea's birth rate remains critically low.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Nordic countries have devised innovative ways to encourage families to have more children by subsidizing childcare access and offering longer parental leave.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
In recent years, Japan and South Korea have also introduced measures to encourage births – such as financial incentives, cash vouchers, housing subsidies and more childcare support – with limited success.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Despite significant investment—over $200 billion in 16 years—into policies, including cash incentives, fertility treatment subsidies, and childcare services, South Korea's birth rate remains critically low.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Nordic countries have devised innovative ways to encourage families to have more children by subsidizing childcare access and offering longer parental leave.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for childcare
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“Childcare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childcare. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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