contingency
Meaning
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
- (countable) 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 he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- (countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Opposite of
inevitability, impossibility, certainty, possibility, sure thing
Synonyms
chance failure
fortuitous event
unexpected accident
eventality
Translations
contingencia
Kontingenz
éventualité
contingenza
eventualidade
eventualiteit contingentieFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/
Etymology
From contingent + -cy (16th century).
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