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expectancy 音标拼音: [ɪksp'ɛktənsi] n. 期待,期望,指望;期望的东西 期待,期望,指望;期望的东西 expectancy n 1: an expectation [ synonym: { anticipation}, { expectancy}] 2: something expected ( as on the basis of a norm); " each of them had their own anticipations"; " an indicator of expectancy in development" [ synonym: { anticipation}, { expectancy}] Expectance \ Ex* pect" ance\, Expectancy \ Ex* pect" an* cy\, n. 1. The act of expecting; expectation. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. [ 1913 Webster] The expectancy and rose of the fair state. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Estate in expectancy} ( Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. -- Burrill. [ 1913 Webster] EXPECTANCY, estates. Having a relation to or dependence upon something future. 2. Estates are of two sorts, either in possession, sometimes called estates executed; or in expectancy, which are executory. Expectancies are, first, created by the parties, called a remainder; or by act of law, called a reversion. 3. A bargain in relation to an expectancy is, in general, considered invalid. 2 Ves. 157; Sel. Cas. in Ch. 8; 1 Bro. C. C. 10; Jer. Eq. Jur. 397.
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