Preoccupancy

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of taking possession before another. uncountable, usually

    "the preoccupancy of the premises"

  2. 2
    the act of taking occupancy before someone else does wordnet
  3. 3
    the mental state of being preoccupied by something wordnet

Etymology

From pre- + occupancy. See preoccupate.

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