occupier
Britishnoun
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a person who is in possession or occupation of a house or land
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a person or thing that occupies
Example Sentences
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Archives recount how former occupiers in the 20th Century used to remove their shoes to wade back and forth to the mainland.
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"It would be switching from one master to another, from one occupier to another," he says.
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Ms Bingham said Mrs Light's statutory declaration stated she moved into the annex in December 2019 "despite the occupier of that dwelling being the applicant's son".
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Another 48 shops are being shut as these landlords have decided to take back the leases and find new occupiers instead.
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It said that when someone moves into a new home, energy accounts were switched to the "occupier".
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