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time-share

[tahym-shair] verb, -shared, -shar⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to use or occupy by time-sharing.
–noun
2. time-sharing (def. 2).

time-sharer, noun

time-shar⋅ing

[tahym-shair-ing]
–noun
1. Computers. a system or service in which a number of users at different terminals simultaneously use a single computer for different purposes.
2. Also, time-share. a plan in which persons share ownership or rental costs of a vacation home, esp. a condominium, entitling each participant to use the residence for a specified time each year.

Origin:
1960–65
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Word Origin & History

time-sharing 
1953, as a computing term, from time (n.) + share. In real estate, as an arrangement in property use, it is recorded from 1976.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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