average occupancy

collocation in English

meaningsofaverageandoccupancy

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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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occupancy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɒk.jə.pən.si/us
/ˈɑː.kjə.pən.si/
someone's use of a room or building for the purposes of living ...
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(Definition ofaverageandoccupancyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At anaverageoccupancyrate of 2·5 persons per unit, these homes might accommodate about 17,000 people.
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There are practical limits to theaverageoccupancyrates achievable in particular specialties.
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The figures relate toaverageoccupancyrates, which are, of course, important.
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Averageoccupancyin the winter, therefore, is about 18 people.
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However, the interesting figure in the chart made available to me is that theaverageoccupancyof those beds is only 88.
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In 1984–85, it had an average of 65 available staffed beds with anaverageoccupancyof 40 beds.
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These stores have their own car parks catering for about 500 to 600 cars with anaverageoccupancyper day of about 400 to 500 cars.
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Frankly, it is sensible to look for ways of increasing theaverageoccupancyrate of a bed that is costing the health service between £250,000 and £300,000 a year.
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However, the position may change constantly and it is not possible to establish whether the figures obtained reflect the lowest, maximum oraverageoccupancyfor that day.
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At the skillcentre, 24 places are available on engineering courses, but theaverageoccupancyrate is only eight, and the course is therefore to be curtailed.
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There were 111 separate dwellings, with anaverageoccupancyrate of 5.28 persons per dwelling.
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Such examples would be theaverageoccupancyof ions or their average moving velocity inside the channel or a nanopore.
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After one week, the collections were around 2.53 crore with theaverageoccupancybeing 90%.
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Assuming anaverageoccupancyof five people to each house, this yields a population estimate of 85.
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Theaverageoccupancyof automobiles is below 1.5 passengers in most parts of the world.
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Approximately 88% of those living in collective labour accommodations live in rooms with anaverageoccupancyranging from four to eight.
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The hotels had anaverageoccupancyrate of 51.7% in 2006.
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Five years later, 630 people lived in 78 houses, and by 1851, 109 dwellings housed 640 people, withaverageoccupancydown to 5.9 people.
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There is anaverageoccupancyof 4.84 people per home which is about the state average.
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Theaverageoccupancyrate is 68%, with the average number of tourists staying for 8 days and spending about $755.
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