time-share
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of time-share
First recorded in 1950–55
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Under a time-share agreement, he would reimburse Starbucks for personal use of the jet above a $250,000 annual cap.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Did she want me to invest in her time-share?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
In addition to the bad marriage, I fell victim over the years to get-rich-quick schemes, time-share deals, cosmetic surgery scams, you name it—bad decision after bad decision.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2023
So he took a job with General Electric, where he helped design early space vehicles, electronic cash registers and so-called time-share computers, massive mainframes that could be shared across companies, schools and other organizations.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2019
That’s on a par with Bill Gates getting unlimited access to a time-share ter-minal at age thirteen.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
The resorts operate as hotels and time-shares, with amenities including golf courses, live theater, shopping and recreation centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2014
Laurene revelled in that sort of gala, where people bid on donated items—the use of time-shares in warm countries, fur coats, ski packages, signed books, hand-painted scarves.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 24, 2014
Five park locations, including Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong, along with cruise ships and vacation time-shares generated $11.8 billion in fiscal 2011, almost 30 percent of the company's $40.9 billion in annual revenue.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2012
So her mother sets out to prove her daughter wrong, and win her respect by selling time-shares in a seaside resort town.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2011
Back when Moushumi and Graham were together they’d made a foursome with Donald and Astrid, renting cottages together in Vermont, time-shares in the Hamptons.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Mutiny’s gaming network and Joe’s time-shared mainframes democratize things that were once reserved for big businesses and university campuses, making them vulnerable in the process.
From The Verge ● May 28, 2015
David Rauch, check-in office manager at a 146-unit time-shared resort near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, said the establishment was nearly full on Thursday morning when employees started notifying residents of an evacuation order.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2010
Con trol Data, which introduced two time-shared computers last week, will open the U.S.'s biggest sharing center in Los Angeles next year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stanford has laid claim to innovations ranging from computer time-sharing to the synthesis of biologically active DNA.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
It reminds me of research on coyotes in Chicago—both types of carnivores stay in the shadows during the day and roam at night, effectively time-sharing densely populated cities.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2023
Although he didn’t lose either of those fumbles, they appeared to cost him his time-sharing duties with Williams.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Or time-sharing of public places: If you don’t show up for your 12:15 p.m. slot at the playground, you’re out of luck.
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2020
How many high schools in the world had access to a time-sharing terminal in 1968?
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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