Definition of Daycare

1. Noun. Childcare during the day while parents work.

Exact synonyms: Day Care
Generic synonyms: Child Care, Childcare

Definition of Daycare

1. Noun. Daytime supervision, usually of children. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daycare

1. care for children and disabled adults during the day [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daycare

day trip
day trips
day watch
dayaks
daybeam
daybeams
daybed
daybeds
dayboat
dayboats
daybook
daybooks
dayboy
daybreak
daybreaks
daycare (current term)
daycarer
daycarers
daycares
daycation
daycations
daycoach
daycoaches
daydream
daydreamed
daydreamer
daydreamers
daydreaming
daydreamings
daydreamlike

Literary usage of Daycare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Major exceptions include restrictions on smoking in daycare facilities and ... Restrictions on daycare facilities in particular are important because it has ..."

2. Crèche Barriers: How Britain Can Grow Its Childcare Industry by Helen Wilkinson (2002)
"Figures from Statistics of Education: children's daycare facilities at 31 ... From the daycare Trust's 1997 figures. 23. Finlayson L and Marsh A, 1996, ..."

3. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1994-1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"daycare centers are generally open year round with long hours so that parents ... daycare centers employ full-time and part-time staff with staggered shifts ..."

4. Time Out: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Parental Leave by Helen M. Wilkinson, Stephen Radley (1997)
"An average of 41 per cent of personnel come and go each year at an average US daycare centre. See Etzioni A, The parenting deficit, Demos, London. 69. ..."

5. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"A growing number of business firms operate daycare centers for the children ... For instance, Virginia requires that all workers in daycare centers receive ..."

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