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The act of taking occupancy before someone else does
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preoccupancy
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act or right of taking possession before another.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pre-occupancy , "prior occupation," 1734, from pre- + occupancy .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the mental state of being preoccupied by something [syn: preoccupation , absorption , engrossment ] the act of taking occupancy before someone else does [syn: preoccupation ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preoccupancy \Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy\, n. [See Preoccupate .] The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.