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Occupancy Moderate

Occupancy has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an act of being a tenant or occupant

"The hotel manager checked his records to confirm the occupancy before assigning new rooms."

2

the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

"occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"

3

The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

"The hotel's occupancy rate has reached its highest level since last summer."

In plain English: Occupancy is when people are actually living in or using a place instead of it being empty.

"The hotel occupancy was at ninety percent during the summer vacation season."

Usage: Occupancy refers to the condition where people are living in or using a space, such as when checking hotel room availability. It is often confused with occupation, which describes one's job rather than their residence.

Example Sentences
"The hotel occupancy was at ninety percent during the summer vacation season." noun
"The hotel occupancy rate was surprisingly high during the holiday weekend." noun
"Safety regulations require that every parking space meets minimum fire code occupancy standards." noun
"After checking out of his room, he wondered about the building's new occupancy policies for guests." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
residency acquiring
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
inhabitancy preoccupancy

Origin

Occupancy comes from combining the word occupant with the suffix -cy. It was formed to describe the state or quality of being an occupant.

Rhyming Words
ency incy ancy fancy nancy zincy mancy mincy noncy dancy duncy poncy yancy cincy trancy pouncy rouncy egency dauncy anancy
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