expectancy

noun5

1. •
   Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.

   • [T]he Dukes dissembled their feares, and dissolued their forces, and remained in expectancie what would ensue. — 1599
2. •
   expectation; expected value
3. •
   The state of being expected.
4. •
   Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
5. •
   (no longer used) Something expected or awaited.

   • 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 […] — 1599