job-share

[job-shair]

verb (used without object)

job-shared, job-sharing 

1. to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.

noun

1. an arrangement in which two or more employees share one full-time job.

Other Word Forms

• job-sharer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of job-share¹

First recorded in 1975–80; job ¹ ( def. ) + share ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Varadkar, 45, has had two spells as taoiseach — between 2017 and 2020, and again since December 2022 as part of a job-share with Micheál Martin, head of coalition partner Fianna Fáil.

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But following days of negotiations, Mr. Netanyahu did give Mr. Smotrich’s party control over a defense ministry department that oversees aspects of the occupation, like the process by which Israel issues work permits to Palestinians, and created a job-share mechanism in the interior and finance ministries to allow Mr. Smotrich to take on both roles in tandem with Mr. Deri.

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And as we job-share in the kitchen we chat easily.

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Flexible work consultancy, Timewise, tracked millions of ads for 17 words or phrases, such as job-share.

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Now, just to find a player stuck in home confinement so they can job-share.

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