contingency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

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contingency contingencies

From contingent + -cy (16th century).

possibility unpredictability option choice alternative contingency chance contingent eventuality potentiality

noncontingency inevitability impossibility castle in the air pie in the sky pipe dream

contingency cost contingency plan contingency table

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