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1590s, from Medieval Latin expectantia, from Latin expectans (see expectant) + -ancy. Related: Expectance.

A salesperson's estimate of the likelihood that if he or she increases his or her effort on some job activity, a higher level of performance will occur. In essence, expectancy is the linkage between effort and salesperson performance. For example, a salesperson might estimate that there is a 50 percent probability (expectancy) that if he or sh [..]

Anticipation of a happening upon which hopes are founded. [D02737]

The possibility of future enjoyment of something one counts on receiving, usually referring to real property or the estate of a deceased person, such as a remainder, reversion, or distribution after t [..]

n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.

1. Behavioural psychology. The state where an organism anticipates an event based on previous experience. 2. Cognitive psychology. Mental set determining hiow a person approaches situations. 3. Motiva [..]

pl: -cies : something expected: as a : an interest held by a person who may receive something (as a bequest) in the future but has no enforceable right to it b : the benefit that will be received ...

Expectancy is the bare hope of succession to the property of another, such as may be entertained by an heir apparent. Such a hope is inchoate. It has no attribute property, and the interest to which i [..]

(n) an expectation(n) something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any Person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.

A colloquial term referring to behavior that precedes a predictable event. Expectancy depends on a history with respect to that event (it cannot depend on an event that has not yet occurred).

n. a possibility of future enjoyment of something one counts on receiving, usually referring to real property or the estate of a deceased person, such as a remainder, reversion, or distribution after [..]

The positive (or negative) anticipation of both coach and client regarding the outcome. The anticipation can effect the outcome.