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life-care

American  
[lahyf-kair] / ˈlaɪfˌkɛər /
Or life care

adjective

  1. designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments.

    a life-care facility; life-care communities.

Etymology

Origin of life-care

First recorded in 1980–85

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