EXPECTANCY


Meaning of EXPECTANCY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -tən(t)-sē ]

noun

( plural -cies )

Date: 1600

1.

a. : the act, action, or state of expecting

the strange expectancy that getting on any train gives us — John Updike

b. : the state of being expected

occurs with an expectancy slightly greater than usual

2.

a. : something expected

their belief led to an expectancy

b. : the expected amount (as of the number of years of life) based on statistical probability

life expectancy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.