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occupancy
[ ok-yuh-puhn-see ]
noun
- the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something:
Continued occupancy of the office depends on a rent reduction.
Synonyms: possession, occupation, tenancy
- the possession or tenancy of a property:
You can have occupancy on June 1st.
- the act of taking possession, as of a property.
- the term during which one is an occupant.
- the condition of being occupied:
Occupancy of the auditorium is limited to 1200 people.
- the use to which property is put.
- exercise of dominion over property that has no owner so as to become the legal owner.
occupancy
/ ˈɒkjʊpənsɪ /
noun
- the act of occupying; possession of a property
- law the possession and use of property by or without agreement and without any claim to ownership
- law the act of taking possession of unowned property, esp land, with the intent of thus acquiring ownership
- the condition or fact of being an occupant, esp a tenant
- the period of time during which one is an occupant, esp of property
Other Words From
- un·occu·pan·cy noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of occupancy1
Example Sentences
In 2012 the so-called Bedroom Tax was passed, an under-occupancy penalty that disproportionately hits low-income families.
The food is such a big draw, night club occupancy rules apply: One in, one out.
Since then, it has rarely broken an occupancy rate of 10 percent amidst protracted political chaos.
He is being checked on hourly in his single-occupancy, 64-square-foot cell.
The 80-year-old building has a far lower occupancy rate than competitors in Midtown (78 percent versus 90 percent).
The lease of a private residence is not a warranty that it is reasonably fit for occupancy.
He was, in fact, searching for signs of its occupancy by another than Shiel Crozier—tokens of a woman's presence.
Corydon would pass through the rooms, suffering all the horrors which she might have suffered in years of occupancy of them.
At that time the first threads of the white man's occupancy were just beginning to cross the midway deserts.
In October the new mission house was ready for occupancy and we gladly made the transfer to this permanent home.
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