pending

pending
/pen"ding/, prep.
1. while awaiting; until: pending his return.
2. in the period before the decision or conclusion of; during: pending the negotiations.
adj.
3. remaining undecided; awaiting decision or settlement; unfinished: pending business; pending questions; pending litigation.
4. about to take place; impending.
[1635-45; PEND + -ING2, on the model of F pendant (see PENDENT)]

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