bikeshare
bikeshare noun: a service by which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a very short-term basis, allowing them to borrow a bicycle at one location and return it at another.
Noun
bikeshare (plural bikeshares)
- A service by which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a very short-term basis, allowing them to borrow a bicycle at one location and return it at another.
- Much remains to be done, but the bikeshare scheme – impossible with a helmet law – has contributed to a qualitative leap in the number of people commuting to work, school and activities by bicycle, in normal city clothing.2009 September 19, “Will licences, helmets make cycling safer?”, in Toronto Star
Forms of bikeshare
| plural | bikeshares |
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Origin of bikeshare
From bike + share.
Questions about bikeshare
- What does bikeshare mean?
- Bikeshare means a service by which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a very short-term basis, allowing them to borrow a bicycle at one location and return it at another.
- What part of speech is bikeshare?
- Bikeshare is a noun.
- What is the plural of bikeshare?
- The plural of bikeshare is bikeshares.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bikeshare (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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