time-share

[ tahym-shair ]
/ ˈtaɪmˌʃɛər /

verb (used with object), time-shared, time-shar·ing.

to use or occupy by time-sharing.

noun

time-sharing(def 2).

OTHER WORDS FROM time-share

time-shar·er, noun

Words nearby time-share

time-poor, time-release, time-saving, time-sensitive, time-served, time-share, time-sharing, time-stamp, time-tested, timecard, timed-release

Definition for time sharing (2 of 2)

time-sharing
[ tahym-shair-ing ]
/ ˈtaɪmˌʃɛər ɪŋ /

noun

Computers. a system or service in which a number of users at different terminals simultaneously use a single computer for different purposes.
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

British Dictionary definitions for time sharing (1 of 2)

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

British Dictionary definitions for time sharing (2 of 2)

time-share

adjective

denoting, relating to, or forming part of time sharing of property time-share villas