Associations to the word «Expectancy»

Wiktionary

EXPECTANCY, noun. Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
EXPECTANCY, noun. The state of being expected
EXPECTANCY, noun. Something expected or awaited

Dictionary definition

EXPECTANCY, noun. An expectation.
EXPECTANCY, noun. Something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky