maximum occupancy
noun
: the largest number of people who can legally be in a room or building at the same time
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Every guest on the reservation gets club access up to the maximum occupancy, which is high, ranging from five to 13 depending on the room.
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Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025
The addition would increase the facility’s maximum occupancy by up to 100 people from the current 670.
—Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
Airlines began applying it several decades ago, adjusting prices—often in real time—to try and ensure maximum occupancy and maximum revenue per seat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2015
For the maximum occupancy requirements, the House bill doesn’t get as specific as the Senate bill.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
The city determines maximum occupancy using a number of factors.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
An internal staircase connects to the mezzanine level above, which is designed with a queen-sized Murphy bed concealed in the millwork, to allow for a maximum occupancy of four people in each tree house.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
This year will have the same maximum occupancy, and tickets are selling well so far.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2023
They’re always built for maximum occupancy.
—The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
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Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025
The addition would increase the facility’s maximum occupancy by up to 100 people from the current 670.
—Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
Airlines began applying it several decades ago, adjusting prices—often in real time—to try and ensure maximum occupancy and maximum revenue per seat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2015
For the maximum occupancy requirements, the House bill doesn’t get as specific as the Senate bill.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
The city determines maximum occupancy using a number of factors.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
An internal staircase connects to the mezzanine level above, which is designed with a queen-sized Murphy bed concealed in the millwork, to allow for a maximum occupancy of four people in each tree house.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
This year will have the same maximum occupancy, and tickets are selling well so far.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2023
They’re always built for maximum occupancy.
—The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
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“Maximum occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximum%20occupancy. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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