occupancy — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

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2. The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises.

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   Examples

   They had a five-year occupancy on the house.

3. The specific use to which something occupied is put.

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   Examples

   This building is for residential occupancy.

4. A mode of acquiring title to a thing which belongs to nobody, by taking possession of it with an intent of acquiring such title.

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   The federal government's occupancy of immigration law precludes state action.

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   But if the matter pre-existing belong to none, then shall the Right be acquired by a kind of Occupancy: But if it it belong to another, then that the Right of Propriety descends not naturally unto us alone, will appear by what follows.

   Occupancy is the taking possession of those things, which before belonged to nobody.

5. The expected frequency of a state.

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Noun

1. an act of being a tenant or occupant

   Synonyms

   tenancy

   Broader terms

   residencyresidenceabidance

2. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

   Synonyms

   occupationmoving in

   Broader terms

   acquiringgetting

   Examples

   occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal