possession before another. the preoccupancy of the premises the <span class="searchmatch">preoccupancy</span> of wild land “<span class="searchmatch">preoccupancy</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield...
<span class="searchmatch">preoccupancies</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">preoccupancy</span>...
into a profession. The act of occupying something before someone else. <span class="searchmatch">preoccupancy</span> self-preoccupation preoccupy occupation the state of being preoccupied;...