occupancy
/ˈɑk.jə.p(ə)n.(t)si/ noun C1- The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.
- The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises. · They had a five-year occupancy on the house.
- The specific use to which something occupied is put. · This building is for residential occupancy.
- A mode of acquiring title to a thing which belongs to nobody, by taking possession of it with an intent of acquiring such title. · The federal government's occupancy of immigration law precludes state action.
- The expected frequency of a state.
Plural occupancies
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