contingency

Значение (Английский)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
2. (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
3. (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.
4. (countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

Напротив

inevitability, impossibility, certainty, possibility, sure thing

Синонимы

eventuality

case

contingence

fortuity

chance

🎲

incident

dependence

accident

emergency

event

occurrence

possibility

coincidence

obsession

peradventure

providence

provision

reliance

resource

state of emergency

stock

subjection

subjugation

subordination

supply

tangency

tangential

trouble

unpredictability

addiction

chance failure

fortuitous event

unexpected accident

eventality

concurrence

contact

contingent

dependance

dependency

destiny

example

fate

graze

haphazard

instance

luck

🍀

Переводы

contingencia

Kontingenz

éventualité

contingenza

contingence

eventualità

eventualidade

Zufälligkeit

contingência

Möglichkeit

eventualiteit

Zufall

🎲

contingentie

evenienza

Произносится как (IPA)

/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/

Этимология (Английский)

From contingent + -cy (16th century).