Expectance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Expectancy.
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  • n. Anticipation, hope.
  • n. Alternative spelling of expectancy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of expecting; expectation.
  • n. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or state of expecting; anticipatory belief or desire.
  • n. Something on which expectations or hopes are founded; the object of expectation or hope.
  • n. Same as expectative, 2.
    • Word Usage
    "In Sierra Leone there is the expectance that the more fortunate people within a family take care of the less fortunate in the sense of giving school fees, maybe employing people in the businesses, Hanson added."
    Equivalent
    expectancy   
    Cross Reference
    estate in expectancy    tables of expectancy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expectation   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stopover    entrancement    deadheads    waysto    self-contemplation   
     
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