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timeshare

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Tourism
time·share /ˈtaɪmʃeə $ -ʃer/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DLTa holiday home that you buy with other people so that you can each spend a period of time there every year, or when you arrange to do this 分时享用的度假住房;分时享用度假住房timeshare adjective timeshare flats 分时享用的度假公寓
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timesharePlanning Permission Application for permission to develop a timeshare facility would be considered on the same basis as any other resort development.They have a timeshare in Majorca.However, timeshare doesn't have to mean that.In 1981 the first large timeshare complex opened at Langdale, helped by a tourist board grant.Multiplying timeshare complexes are the biggest development to assault a number of National Parks.Unfortunately, Villa Maura is now a golfer's paradise and veritable warren of timeshare villas.But that won't stop the timeshare touts trying to soft-soap you into buying abroad.They can sell their timeshares, or rent them out, or even leave them to their heirs in their wills.Clients still have to pay for their vacations, which usually involve the use of unused timeshare units.
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timeshare
timeshare /ˈtaɪmʃeə $ -ʃer/ noun [uncountable and countable]
a holiday home that you buy with other people so that you can each spend a period of time there every year, or when you arrange to do this
—timeshare adjective:
    timeshare flats


time·shareBrE /ˈtaɪmʃeə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtaɪmʃer/ 🔊 noun (also ˈtime-sharing) [uncountable] an arrangement in which several people own a holiday/vacation home together and each uses it at a different time of the year 分时使用度假房的办法timeshare apartments分时度假用的套房 [countable] a holiday/vacation home that you own in this way 分时使用的度假房They have a timeshare in Florida. 他们在佛罗里达有一套分时使用的度假房。🔊🔊