childcare

Definitions

1. The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
   uncountable
2. A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.”

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