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Contingency

Contingency Meaning & Definition
Contingency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contingency?

[n] a possible event or occurrence or result
[n] the state of being contingent on something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contingency: eventuality

Related Terms | Find terms related to Contingency: accessory | accident | accidental | addendum | addition | adjunct | adventure | appendage | appurtenance | aptitude | aptness | auxiliary | bare possibility | blind bargain | borderline case | break | casualty | chance | chance hit | circumstance | collateral | coming to be | conceivability | conceivableness | condition | conjuncture | contingent | correlation | crisis | crossroads | dependence | double contingency | emergency | even chance | event | eventuality | eventuation | exigency | extra | fluke | fortuity | freak accident | gamble | good chance | good possibility | guess | hap | happening | happenstance | hazard | hope | incidence | incident | incidental | inessential | interrelation | juncture | liability | liableness | likelihood | likeliness | long odds | long shot | lucky shot | materialization | mere chance | nonessential | not-self | obligation | occasion | occurrence | off chance | open question | opportunity | other | outside chance | outside hope | pass | piece of guesswork | pinch | possibility | possibleness | potential | potentiality | probability | proneness | prospect | question | realization | relativity | remote possibility | secondary | sight-unseen transaction | small hope | strait | subsidiary | superaddition | supplement | the attainable | the feasible | the possible | thinkability | thinkableness | toss-up | touch and go | turning point | undecided issue | unessential | virtuality | wager | weakness | what is possible | what may be | what might be | zero hour

See Also | dependance | dependence | dependency | happening | natural event | occurrence

Contingency In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tin"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Contingencies}. [Cf. F. contingence.] 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. ``Point of contingency.'' --J. Gregory. 2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. --South. 3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. --Hallam. 4. An adjunct or accessory. --Wordsworth. 5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. Syn: Casualty; accident; chance.

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