Can i share the same iTunes Match account across my iMac and my MacBook?

I recently subscribed to iTunes Match and am in the process of uploading my entire collection of files from my home iMac into the Cloud. This works fine for my iPhone and iPad, but not for my MacBook (which I use at work). Every time I try to 'Turn on iTunes Match' on the laptop (which has no music files on it), it says 'only one library can be matched at a time. If you continue, the other iTunes Match session will be stopped and this computer's library will be matched instead.
I'm worried that if I press 'Add computer' on my laptop, it'll undo all the work I did on my home iMac (it took days as I have so many music files). Can iTunes Match be use across TWO Apple computers? It seems to be asking me to choose between one or the other.
Please help.

Hi,
Have you finished adding match from your imac. If so, wait until this is complete before using it on you MacBook.
If you have, you should not be getting the massage about matching only one library at a time. However, if you do select to continue, it wll not undo what you have already done.
Do you have any different music on your MacBook? If so, this will be added to your match library. You will see all your matched / uploaded music on your MacBook as it does on your iPhone or ipad.
If the match process had not complete on your imac, it will continue until complete.
Essentially, you can only match one library at a time.
Jim

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