OCCUPANCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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))