the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
n. The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being suspended; an impending or hanging. The state of being undecided or in continuance: as, to wait during the pendency of a suit or petition.
n. The state of being impending or threatening.
Word Usage
"In some areas, such as communications, pendency is running more than 30 months."