The condition of being occupied (by persons); complement of occupants. Obsolete.

The state or quality of being settled (in various senses).

U.S. (originally and chiefly New England). The use or occupation of land or a property. Cf. improve, v.2 4f. Obsolete.

The fact of inhabiting or of being an inhabitant; occupation by an inhabitant or inhabitants; residence as an inhabitant, esp. during a specified…

= occupancy, n. 1; (Geography) the inhabiting and modification of an area by human beings.