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Definition of shareware noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shareware

noun

/ˈʃeəweə(r)/

/ˈʃerwer/

[uncountable] (computing)

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computer software (= programs, etc.) that is available free for a user to test, after which they must pay if they wish to continue using it compare freewareTopics Computersc2
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Shareware is used before these nouns:
program
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