occupancy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occupancy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for occupancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occupancy n an act of being a tenant or occupant [syn: occupancy, tenancy] the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" Synonym(s): occupation, occupancy, moving in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupancy \Oc"cupancy\, n. [See {Occupant}.] 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.