occupancy

US/ˈɑk.jə.p(ə)n.(t)si/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,181 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: occupancies

Occupancy is the share of rooms that are actually taken. Occupancy rate, high occupancy, run at ninety per cent occupancy.

It is the number every hotel is judged by, alongside the average rate — one without the other tells you nothing, since an empty hotel can charge whatever it likes. Maximum occupancy on a sign is a fire-safety limit.

Definitions of occupancy

1nounoccupancyThe share of rooms that are actually taken.B2+
“Hotel occupancy along the coast is highest in August.”

occupancy is a measure.

Where it comes from

Latin
occupāns
Middle French
occupant
English
occupant
English, today
occupancy

From occupant + -cy. occupant Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). by surface analysis, occupy + -ant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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occupancy in the wild

The normal minimum occupancy level is two or three occupants.
High-occupancy vehicle lane
HOV lanes are normally introduced to increase average vehicle occupancy and persons traveling with the goal of reducing traffic congestion and air pollution.
High-occupancy vehicle lane
Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live.
Owner-occupancy
In addition to providing housing, owner-occupancy also functions as a real estate investment.
Owner-occupancy
Express toll lanes, which are less common, operate along similar lines, but do not exempt high-occupancy vehicles.
High-occupancy toll lane

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the occupant family

occupant occupancy

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