plural expectancies
Definition of expectancy
1a
: 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
2a
: 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
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The first known use of expectancy was in 1600
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