preoccupancy

== English == === Etymology === From pre- +‎ occupancy. See preoccupate. === Noun === preoccupancy (usually uncountable, plural preoccupancies) The act of taking possession before another. === References === “preoccupancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.