Usually means: State of being occupied beforehand.
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  1. preoccupancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. preoccupancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. preoccupancy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. preoccupancy: Vocabulary.com
  5. preoccupancy: Wordnik
  6. preoccupancy: Wiktionary
  7. preoccupancy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. preoccupancy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Preoccupancy, preoccupancy: Dictionary.com
  10. Preoccupancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. preoccupancy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. preoccupancy: Rhymezone
  13. Preoccupancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. preoccupancy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. preoccupancy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. preoccupancy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. preoccupancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preoccupancy)

▸ noun:  The act of taking possession before another.

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engrossment, preoccupation, absorption, prepossession, prepossessor, preoccupant, preëmptioner, preferment, preoccupier, preoption, more...

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engrossment, preoccupation, absorption, prepossession, prepossessor, preoccupant, preëmptioner, preferment, preoccupier, preoption, more...



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