expectancies

Variant of expectancy

expectancy definition

ex·pect·ancy (ek spek′tən sē, ik-)

noun pl. expectancies -·cies

  1. an expecting or being expected; expectation
  2. that which is expected, esp. on a statistical basis life expectancy

Etymology: ML expectantia < L expectans: see expectant

Also expectance ex·pect′·ance (-təns)

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