Occupancy
['ɒkjəpənsɪ] or ['ɑkjəpənsi]
Definition
(n.) The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation.
Typed by Hester
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Possession (for the time), tenure, holding, use, occupation.
Inputed by Avis
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Possession, enjoyment, tenure
ANT:Ejection, eviction, dispossession
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- In short, he would and does regard it as a foolish waste of his time to give attention to the mere occupancy of a desk. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All that is now necessary is to put in the windows, doors, heater, and lighting fixtures, and to connect up the plumbing and heating arrangements, thus making the house ready for occupancy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the time of its first occupancy by United States troops there was a small Mexican hamlet there, containing probably less than one hundred souls. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The house loomed obscure and uninhabited; only an oblong gleam above the door spoke of provisional occupancy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A hundred feet front and a hundred high is about the style, and you go up three flights of stairs before you begin to come upon signs of occupancy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checked by Jean