expectancy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expectancy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expectancy n an expectation Synonym(s): anticipation, expectancy something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" Synonym(s): anticipation, expectancy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expectance \Expect"ance\, Expectancy* \Expect"ancy\, n. 1. The act of expecting; expectation. --Milton. 2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. The expectancy and rose of the fair state. --Shak. {Estate in expectancy} (Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. --Burrill.