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preoccupancy

noun

Etymology

From pre- + occupancy. See preoccupate.

  1. borrowed from occupāns
  2. borrowed from occupant
  3. suffixed as occupancy — “occupant + cy”
  4. formed as preoccupancy — “pre- + occupancy”

Definitions

  1. The act of taking possession before another.

    • the preoccupancy of the premises
    • the preoccupancy of wild land

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA