coworking

co- +‎ working

coworking (uncountable)

1. The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
   • 2008 February 20, Dan Fost, “They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side”, in New York Times‎:

     Some companies, like Citizen Agency, a San Francisco Internet consulting firm that has done the most to evangelize coworking, have an open-door policy, in which people rent desks but others are free to drop in and use the Wi-Fi or the conference room.

• parallel play

Unadapted borrowing from English coworking.

• IPA^(key): /koˈwoɾkin/ [koˈwoɾ.kĩn]
• Rhymes: -oɾkin

coworking m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) coworking
2. (countable) an establishment where members pay to use a shared workspace
   • 2018, Michele Iurillo, Downshifting, Decrecimiento y Empresa Desestructurada, yuri, →ISBN, page 126:

     Claro: en tu casa eliges la música que quieres y la decoración de tu habitación; en un coworking puede ser un problema incluso pedir prestadas unas tijeras a determinadas personas.

     Of course: at home you choose the music that you want and the decoration of your room; in a coworking, it can be a problem to even borrow scissors from certain people.

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