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OCCUPANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building
Example:
occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
Synonyms:
moving in; occupancy; occupation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("occupancy" is a kind of...):
acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occupancy"):
preoccupancy; preoccupation (the act of taking occupancy before someone else does)
Derivation:
occupant (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An act of being a tenant or occupant
Synonyms:
occupancy; tenancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("occupancy" is a kind of...):
abidance; residence; residency (the act of dwelling in a place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occupancy"):
habitation; inhabitancy; inhabitation (the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men))
Derivation:
occupant (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)
occupy (live (in a certain place))
