(cryptography) Any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number of shares (possibly of different types) are combined.

simple past tense and past participle of time-share

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of time-share

(euphemistic, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse (with someone). / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see share, bed.

plural of golden share

A nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization in a government company undergoing privatization and transformation into a stock company.

(economics, public policy) A system of economic exchange in which participants interact in a direct and cooperative manner, often with the aid of social media, to produce, market, and consume goods, services, and resources.

The portion of a wine or distilled spirit's volume that is lost to evaporation during aging.

plural of elective share

(law) A proportion of a decedent's estate which the surviving spouse may claim, as a substitute for what they were left in the decedent's will.