preoccupancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something
    absorption; engrossment; preoccupation.
  2. noun the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
    preoccupation.

WordNet

Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy noun
Etymology
See Preoccupate.
Definitions
  1. The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

Webster 1913