EXPECTANCE

{ Ex‐pect″ance (?), Ex‐pect″an‐cy (?), } n. 1. 1. The act of expecting ; expectation. Milton.
2. 2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak. 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.