'occupancy' definitions:
Definition of 'occupancy'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act of being a tenant or occupant [syn: occupancy, tenancy]
noun
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: occupation, occupancy, moving in]
Synonyms of 'occupancy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- abode,
- adverse possession,
- alodium,
- burgage,
- claim,
- cohabitation,
- colony,
- commorancy,
- de facto,
- de jure,
- dependency,
- derivative title,
- dwelling,
- fee fief,
- fee position,
- fee simple,
- fee simple absolute,
- fee simple conditional,
- fee simple defeasible,
- fee simple determinable,
- fee tail,
- feodum,
- feud,
- fiefdom,
- frankalmoign,
- free socage,
- freehold,
- gavelkind,
- habitancy,
- habitation,
- having title to,
- hold,
- holding,
- inhabitancy,
- inhabitation,
- inhabiting,
- knight service,
- lay fee,
- lease,
- leasehold,
- legal claim,
- legal possession,
- living,
- lodging,
- mandate,
- nesting,
- occupation,
- original title,
- owning,
- possessing,
- possession,
- preoccupancy,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- prescription,
- property,
- property rights,
- proprietary rights,
- residence,
- residency,
- residing,
- seisin,
- settlement,
- socage,
- sojourning,
- squatting,
- staying,
- staying over,
- stopping,
- sublease,
- tenancy,
- tenantry,
- tenure,
- tenure in chivalry,
- title,
- underlease,
- undertenancy,
- usucapion,
- villein socage,
- villeinhold,
- villenage