daycare

noun

1. supervised daytime care for preschool children, the elderly, or those with chronic disabilities, usually provided at a center outside the home.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or providing day care: day-care center; day-care program.

noun social welfare

1. British occupation, treatment, or supervision during the working day for people who might be at risk if left on their own, or whose usual carers need daytime relief
2. British welfare services provided by a local authority, health service, or voluntary body during the dayCompare residential care
3. NZ short for daycare centre

n.

also daycare, day-care, 1964, from day + care (n.).