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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
childcare
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
childcare facilities
▪ More women would work if there were better childcare facilities.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
facility
▪ The Act requires childcare facilities to be registered to ensure that standards are maintained throughout the country.
▪ Another frequent response is that additional, affordable childcare facilities are required.
▪ How much does it cost an employer to provide childcare facilities and what is the cheapest option?
▪ The University Childcare Officer is also able to provide information about other childcare facilities in the local area.
▪ Employers who do not offer career breaks and childcare facilities may find themselves passed over in favour of employers who do.
▪ Women entering the workforce, poor childcare facilities, marrying too late, all are blamed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And we will act where a push by government is needed to stimulate the provision of childcare.
▪ Another frequent response is that additional, affordable childcare facilities are required.
▪ Chodorow hypothesizes that male involvement in childcare would change these patterns.
▪ His announcement at the annual conference of the Association of Children's Reporters in Peebles received an immediate welcome from childcare agencies.
▪ How much does it cost an employer to provide childcare facilities and what is the cheapest option?
▪ They all do exams, even if this is only the one in childcare.
▪ This is true particularly in regard to the financial burden of childcare, a subject I treat throughout this book.
▪ This money would be used to provide education, job-training assistance, childcare and program administration beginning later this year.
Wiktionary
childcare

n. The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

WordNet
childcare

n. a service involving care for other people's children [syn: child care]

Usage examples of "childcare".

That would not only be more interesting than the day-cares, but also was close enough (and had boasted “flexible hours”) so that her own childcare requirements might be nil.

It would be ironic if she had to hire childcare during the week so that she could care for other people’s children, but she had to do something.

She hoped for the secretarial thing, but would take the childcare work.

To cover her uncertainty, Jess said, "We’re expanding a childcare facility on my ship.

Pursuant to section 29713 of the Childhood Protection Act, stipulating childcare arrangements for dependent children with both parents drawing paychecks, you are hereby notified of the requirement to remand your daughter, Yalena Khrustinova, for federally mandated daycare, to begin no more than three business days after receipt of this notification.

All of them were just filling in with these jobs: serving in the stores, waitressing, working bar, portering at the hotels, stewarding on the dive boats, hostessing the scenic tours, doing childcare for the permanent residents.

Jaw muscles flexed when he reached the contents of paragraph two: Pursuant to section 29713 of the Childhood Protection Act, stipulating childcare arrangements for dependent children with both parents drawing paychecks, you are hereby notified of the requirement to remand your daughter, Yalena Khrustinova, for federally mandated daycare, to begin no more than three business days after receipt of this notification.