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to timeshare

to timeshare

3.9
To share a property with others so each person uses it for a set time each year
  • verb
  • /ˈtaɪmˌʃɛr/
translation icon : tener en tiempo compartido
  • After researching their options, they agreed to timeshare the luxury apartment for a week each summer.

Examples

  • They decided to timeshare a cabin in the woods, giving both couples the chance to enjoy summer vacations.

  • So it looks like you need to have two copies of a process or some way to timeshare the processor or whatever.

  • Perhaps participants in the non-target imaging tasks were able to timeshare processing resources to some extent.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Many families choose to timeshare a beach house, allowing each family access during different months of the year.

Surface Forms

timeshare infinitive
timeshared past
timeshared past participle
timesharing present participle
timeshares third person singular

Morphology

timeshare = timeshare (transparent) = time + share

The verb is a direct conversion of the noun 'timeshare' with no spelling change, and the sense remains essentially the same.

Etymology

To timeshare combines time ('a period') and share ('to divide or use together'), so to timeshare a house is to divide its use into set periods so each person gets time there each year.