rideshare

noun

ride·​share ˈrīd-ˌsher 

variants or less commonly ride-share or ride share

plural rideshares also ride-shares or ride shares

1

: a service or network through which ride-sharing trips are arranged

Talk of imposed regulations on the popular rideshares such as Lyft and Uber has fueled debate among the Seattle community.

—University Wire (Carlsbad)

a rideshare company

rideshare apps

2

: an automobile trip that is arranged by means of ride-sharing

Riders from low-frequency transit areas who book subsidized trips that require both a bus ride and a rideshare will soon be able to do that in one step in the agency's app …

—Chris Tisch and Caitlin Johnston

3

: a private automobile used for a ride-sharing trip

Revelers arrive in sports cars and ride-shares several nights a week …

—Patricia Mazzei

compare taxicab

Examples of rideshare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, the content was pretty good and is now finding new homes as real movies, not a piecemeal experiment: Director Veena Sud's thriller ratchets up the suspense with Maika Monroe playing a rideshare driver and Dane DeHaan as the creepiest passenger ever. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024

Six days after moving to Los Angeles with her dog Pebbles, rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe) picks up Carl E. (Dane DeHaan) from a mansion that doesn’t belong to him. —Michael Nordine, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024

The issue stems from a March decision by the city council to override the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers, set at the local rate of $15.57 an hour. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024

For anything farther off of Duval, rideshare services are affordable and readily available. —Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024

Sunnyvale is planning to roll out a rideshare service that would provide locals with affordable transportation within the city and beyond. —Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024

But UberX now dominates the Australian rideshare market and GoCatch, launched in 2014, departed the transport industry in 2021. —Rod McGuirk, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

Where are Uber and Lyft rideshare at Footprint Center? —Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024

Tips represent 51% of earnings for those delivering food and groceries, but just 10% for rideshare drivers. —Kate Gibson, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1