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time-share

[tahym-shair]
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verb (used with object), time-shared, time-shar·ing.
  1. to use or occupy by time-sharing.
noun
  1. time-sharing(def 2).
Related formstime-shar·er, noun

time-sharing

[tahym-shair-ing]
noun
  1. Computers. a system or service in which a number of users at different terminals simultaneously use a single computer for different purposes.
  2. Also time-share. a plan in which persons share ownership or rental costs of a vacation home, especially a condominium, entitling each participant to use the residence for a specified time each year.

Origin of time-sharing

First recorded in 1960–65
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British Dictionary definitions for time sharing

time sharing

noun
    1. a system of part ownership of a property, such as a flat or villa, for use as a holiday home, whereby each participant buys the right to use the property for the same fixed period annually
    2. (as modifier)a time-sharing system
    1. a system by which users at different terminals of a computer can, because of its high speed, apparently communicate with it at the same timeCompare batch processing
    2. (as modifier)a time-sharing computer

time-share

adjective
  1. denoting, relating to, or forming part of time sharing of propertytime-share villas
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Word Origin and History for time sharing

time-sharing

1953, as a computing term, from time (n.) + verbal noun from share (v.). In real estate, as an arrangement in property use, it is recorded from 1976.

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