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time-sharing

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The joint ownership or lease of a property by multiple people who can only use it for specified periods every year, or every other year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: business, real-estate

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A technique that allows many users to use a central computer simultaneously through remote terminals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of time-share

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: timesharing — type of joint ownership
  • Finnish: osa-aikaomistus — type of joint ownership
  • German: Ferienwohnrecht — type of joint ownership
  • Polish: timesharing — type of joint ownership
  • Swedish: andelslägenhet — type of joint ownership
  • Finnish: osituskäyttö — computing: technique to allow multiple users share a computer resource
  • Greek: χρονομερισμός (chronomerismós) — computing: technique to allow multiple users share a computer resource
  • Polish: timesharing — computing: technique to allow multiple users share a computer resource
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