life expectancy meaning
Noun: life expectancy
- An expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
Derived forms: life expectancies
Type of: anticipation, expectancy
Encyclopedia: Life expectancy
[Business]
noun [U,C]
1 (also expectation of life)
the number of years that a person is likely to live:
Pension fund managers have to cope with longer life expectancy and new pension regulations.
2
the length of time that sth is likely to exist or continue for:
the short life expectancy of dotcoms
3
the length of time that an asset is likely to be used for
[Finance]
The length of time that an average person is expected to live, which is used by insurance companies use to make projections of benefit payouts.
[Medicine]
A figure representing the number of years,based on known statistics,to which any person of a given age may reasonably expect to live.n : an expected number of years of life based on statistical probability
- expectancy: Noun: expectancy&n ...
- expectancy theory: [Business]noun [si ...
- interest in expectancy: [Law]Any future in ...
Examples
More: Next- women have a higher life expectancy than men.
- pollution shortens considerably the life expectancy of a body of water.
- particularly cigarette smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy.
- which country has the highest life expectancy
- women have a higher life expectancy than men
