noun
pl. -·cies- prior occupancy
- preoccupation
preoccupancy
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preoccupancy
noun
- The act or right of occupying a place beforehand or in advance.
- The state of being preoccupied or engrossed; preoccupation.
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Noun
(usually uncountable, plural preoccupancies)
- The act or right of taking possession before another.
- the preoccupancy of wild land
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Origin
pre- +"Ž occupancy. See preoccupate.
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