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expectancy
English
Etymology
expectant +? -cy or expect +? -ancy
Noun
expectancy (countable and uncountable, plural expectancies)
- Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
- 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,[1]
- […] the Dukes dissembled their feares, and dissolued their forces, and remained in expectancie what would ensue.
- 1651, John Milton, The Life and Reigne of King Charls, London: W. Reybold, p. 110,[2]
- If you foresee not this misery, and the fatall consequence which necessarily must follow such a turn of Fortune, I must leave you to your own will and expectancy […]
- 1735, Alexander Pope, Mr. Pope’s Literary Correspondence, London: E. Curll, Volume 2, “The Feast of Trimalchio, Imitaded,” pp. 42-43,[3]
- […] this is generally thought to represent the Vices of Nero, who […] did from the highest Expectancy become a stubborn and a foolish Tyrant.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 34,[4]
- Renewed hope followed renewed effort: it shone like the former for some weeks, then, like it, it faded, flickered: not a line, not a word reached me. When half a year wasted in vain expectancy, my hope died out, and then I felt dark indeed.
- 1912, Saki, “The Match-Maker” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 23,[5]
- Six minutes later Clovis approached the supper-table, in the blessed expectancy of one who has dined sketchily and long ago.
- 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,[1]
- The state of being expected. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
- O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!
- The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword,
- Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state […]
- 1791, John Trusler, The Habitable World Described, London, for the author, Volume 10, Chapter 9, p. 157,[7]
- […] Frederic II. King of Prussia, in consequence of an expectancy granted to the house of Brandenburg, by the Emperor Leopold in 1604, took possession of East Friezland […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
Synonyms
- expectingness (rare)
Derived terms
- life expectancy
Translations
expectancy From the web:
- what expectancy theory
- what expectations do you have
- what expectations mean
- what expectations do i have for myself
- what expectations in a relationship
- what expectations to have in a relationship
- what expectations to set for employees
- what expectancy value model
proposal
English
Etymology
propose +? -al
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???po?z?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???p??z?l/
Noun
proposal (plural proposals)
- Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance
- A scheme or design
- The terms or conditions proposed
- 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad Chapter VIII
- "That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.
- 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad Chapter VIII
- The document on which such a thing is written.
- December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game
- Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...
- December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game
- The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage
- October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry
- Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.
- 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid Chapter 4
- You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary run of conversation. It wants leading up to.
- 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times Chapter XV
- ‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal of marriage, my dear.’ To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:
- October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry
- (law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
- A scheme or design
Synonyms
- proffer
- tender
- overture
Derived terms
Related terms
- proposition
Translations
proposal From the web:
- what proposal was at the heart of the virginia plan
- what proposal mean
- what proposals passed in michigan
- what proposals for fighting poverty
- what proposal does gawain break
- what proposal called for a two-house legislature
- what is the virginia plan and what did it propose
- what does the virginia plan propose
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