OCCUPANCY

occupation, occupancy, moving in

(noun) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; “occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal”

occupancy, tenancy

(noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

occupancy (countable and uncountable, plural occupancies)

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.

The specific use to which something occupied is put.

Antonyms

• inoccupancy

Source: Wiktionary


Oc"cu*pan*cy, n. Etym: [See Occupant.]

Definition: The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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