[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

preoccupancy \preoc"cupancy\, n. see preoccupate.
   the act or right of taking possession before another; as, the
   preoccupancy of wild land.
   1913 webster
see also:
preoccupate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

preoccupancy
     n 1: the mental state of being preoccupied by something syn: preoccupation,
           absorption, engrossment
     2: the act of taking occupancy before someone else does syn: preoccupation
see also:
preoccupation absorption engrossment 

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