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