What's the difference between unoccupied and vacancy?

Unoccupied


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We’ve identified private accommodation that can be used to house refugees; we’ve set aside rented accommodation, university flats and unoccupied housing association homes for use by refugees.
  • (2) R units are either occupied (RO) or unoccupied (RU); C units are either active (CA) or inactive (CI).
  • (3) In immunoprecipitation experiments, one tested antiserum bound unoccupied as well as 17 beta-estradiol-occupied rERs, indicating that this region is exposed in both receptor forms.
  • (4) The most intense labelling for unoccupied PRs was in the condensed chromatin.
  • (5) I have repeatedly explained to BT that the house was unoccupied at the time the calls were made.
  • (6) Sequential application of standard unoccupied site blocking, antibody incubation, and washing steps resulted in significant losses of all growth factors (46-98%).
  • (7) On Day 12 of the oestrous cycle corpora lutea were collected and luteal progesterone concentrations, unoccupied receptors for LH and number and sizes of steroidogenic and non-steroidogenic luteal cell types were determined.
  • (8) The energy level of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the delta 3 esters also correlated with log k12.
  • (9) The unoccupied higher and lower mobility forms of the receptor, designated R and D, are considered to be in rapid equilibrium with liganded forms, designated RL and DL.
  • (10) We conclude that unoccupied alpha 2 M receptors are diffusely distributed on the cell surface.
  • (11) After the capture of analyte, the unoccupied antibody sites are blocked by the addition of an excess amount of betatype.
  • (12) The hybridization was visualized by additional binding of avidin-FITC (fluorescein) to the unoccupied biotinylated human DNA bound to the human chromosomes.
  • (13) Unoccupied estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors were measured in the cytoplasm of five sections along the length of endometrium obtained from noncancerous, premenopausal hysterectomy specimens.
  • (14) Unoccupied nonactivated receptors are thought to be weakly bound to nuclei of target cells from which they are leaking during tissue fractionation and thus found in the cytosol fraction of homogenates in a nontransformed heterooligomeric "8-9 S" form, which includes hsp90.
  • (15) We used cell enucleation of two human breast cancer-derived cell lines, MCF-7 and T47D, to determine whether the unoccupied receptors were also nuclear in these cells and to determine whether the weak estrogen phenol red, present in nearly all tissue culture media, affected the distribution of the receptors seen with this technique.
  • (16) Empty Belgravia Extraordinarily expensive houses owned by people with properties in several other countries, such that they are usually unoccupied.
  • (17) One of these forms was predominant following short incubations (2 h) with [3H]TCDD at a low temperature (0 degree C) and was characterized by having the same elution profile on DEAE-Sepharose as the unoccupied form, but demonstrated some affinity for DNA.
  • (18) Both unoccupied oestradiol receptors (measured by separating bound from free hormone with dextran-coated charcoal; DCC) and 'total' receptor populations (as measured by an enzyme immunoassay) were measured in each fibroid and adjoining myometrium.
  • (19) The unoccupied receptors for all three hormones were recovered instead in the nucleus-containing cell fragments (nucleoplasts).
  • (20) Now the children have left they have two unoccupied rooms, so the amount of rent for which they can claim housing benefit has been reduced by 25%.

Vacancy


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.
  • (n.) That which is vacant.
  • (n.) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
  • (n.) An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts.
  • (n.) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.
  • (n.) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Senior sources said on Monday that the vacancies had left it in effect rudderless, and unable to introduce any significant reforms.
  • (2) City landed the former Barcelona chief executive, Ferran Soriano , and many thought the two former Barça men's recruitment looked a threat to the Italian, especially with Pep Guardiola on sabbatical and looming over any potential vacancies at Europe's top clubs.
  • (3) With skills and labour shortages set to continue, there’s a risk that many vacancies will be left unfilled which could act as a brake on output growth in the UK in the years ahead.” The most recent labour market data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that while EU nationals were still arriving in the UK, they were doing so in smaller numbers than in the past.
  • (4) He believes a lack of investment in health in the region is partly to blame for the deaths, pointing to long-standing vacancies in government-run hospitals and rural centres.
  • (5) Remaining vacancies ranged from 5% of total staff in the Northeast and 3% in the Midwest to 2% in the South and 1% in the West.
  • (6) Most vacancies are now advertised over the internet and claimants are encouraged to apply online to help them prepare for the world of work.” The disclosure of the revenue generated by BT came after the Observer revealed that 85% of benefit fraud allegations made by the public to a telephone hotline or online over the last five years were false.
  • (7) As there are no vacancies at Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, this may mean he has to look abroad – or accept that a potential move to Liverpool and Everton, two domestic clubs who may be interested, would mean not playing in the European Cup.
  • (8) The Falkirk vacancy emerged when the MP Eric Joyce was kicked out of the party after committing an assault in a House of Commons bar.
  • (9) These correspond to the ordering processes by the migration and the annihilation of quenched-in excess vacancies, the annihilation of secondary defects and the diffusion of equilibrium vacancies, respectively.
  • (10) Current full-time equivalent registered nurse staff vacancy rates are also reported in relation to these differing assessments.
  • (11) Finally, we try to recruit and mentor likely candidates for current or future vacancies.
  • (12) This, he said, involved employers advertising vacancies far and wide, speaking to candidates of all ages and backgrounds, and then choosing the one that most reminded them of themselves.
  • (13) In 2015 the service was short of 50,000 staff, a 6% vacancy rate, and was becoming increasingly reliant on expensive agency staff to plug gaps in rotas.
  • (14) To investigate applications for general practice partnership vacancies by established general practitioner principals, the reasons for changing partnerships, and the disincentives to these moves.
  • (15) His remarks came as the Republican leadership in the US Senate remained steadfast in its opposition to filling the supreme court vacancy under Obama’s watch.
  • (16) He believes the six-week ban would be so dramatic that even the supreme court would vote 5-4 to strike it down, even if another conservative justice were confirmed to replace the vacancy on the court.
  • (17) Average pay growth for Britain’s workers is likely to stall at about 2% in 2016, as the ready availability of migrants makes it easy for employers to fill vacancies, according to a forecast of the labour market.
  • (18) This article tries to describe the problems, difficulties and setbacks experienced by patients, doctors, psychologists or social workers when looking for a public health insurance body competent to bear the cost, as well as for a vacancy in a suitable hospital or institution where appropriate therapy can be effected.
  • (19) The medical residence programs are, with 68% of 9,644 total vacancies, considerably concentrated in the Southeast region.
  • (20) As Bauckham cautions, though, however much schools are prepared to pay for headhunting, the problem of filling vacancies will persist until more fundamental issues about the shortage of candidates are addressed.

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