rideshare

English

Etymology

From ride +‎ share.

Noun

rideshare (plural rideshares)

1. A ridesharing arrangement in which people travel together.

   The neighbors decided on a rideshare to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.

2. A taxi or minicab hired through a ridesharing app.
   • 2022 November 9, S.L. Ditmars, Big Dogs, WildBlue Press, →ISBN:

     He took an Uber rideshare to the other side of town.

   • 2024 September 24, Carol Ericson, What Lies Below, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     Like a sleepwalker, he got into the rideshare and sat in the back seat, his arms folded around the envelope.

Verb

rideshare (third-person singular simple present rideshares, present participle ridesharing, simple past and past participle rideshared)

1. (intransitive) To participate in ridesharing.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To work or gig as a rideshare driver.

Translations

travel arrangement

• Finnish: kimppakyyti
• French: covoiturage (fr)
• Georgian: საზიარო მგზავრობა (saziaro mgzavroba), ერთობლივი მგზავრობა (ertoblivi mgzavroba)

Anagrams

• deer's hair, dehairers