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time-sharing

3.9

A plan where several people share use of a vacation home for specific weeks each year

noun
/ˈtaɪmˌʃɛrɪŋ/

: tiempo compartido

Many families choose time-sharing to enjoy vacations without buying a second home.

Examples

We enjoy our time-sharing arrangement at the beach house.
The couple attended a presentation about time-sharing opportunities at a beachfront property.
They invested in time-sharing so they could visit the mountain resort every summer.
Many families opt for time-sharing to save on vacation costs.
They invested in time-sharing to enjoy vacations at different resorts each year.
Many families choose time-sharing arrangements to make their annual beach trips more affordable.
The couple loved their time-sharing contract, which allowed them to visit the mountain cabin every winter.

Synonyms

timeshare

vstime-sharing

15 3.7

A property shared by several people who each use it for a set time each year

is the hyphenated form used in older or formal writing

Antonyms

exclusivity

8 6.7

The state of being limited to a small group and not shared with others

Surface Forms

time-sharing singular

time-sharings plural

Morphology

time-sharing = time + share (transparent) = time + share + ing

The property-use sense is a compound describing shared time in which people have rights to use a property, so the derivation from 'time' + 'sharing' is transparent.

Etymology

Time-sharing combines time and share to mean sharing the right to use a house for set 'times' each year; it is like each family getting a week at the same holiday home. That's why a time-share lets different people use the same property in different periods.