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contingency

/kənˈtɪndʒənsi/

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What does contingency mean?

noun

  1. The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
  2. A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
  3. 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.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈtɪndʒənsi/

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That was a contingency he had never thought of, and it spurred him to write all the more quickly to her.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
He also apprehended great danger to the country from want of iron in event of the contingency of a foreign war.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
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Stunned by the unexpectedness of it all and having exhausted the few appliances we carried for such a contingency, we felt helpless.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
To answer the questions that might be asked to meet every contingency would be a pleasure, but it would overburden my book.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
Even they are constantly freezing their noses and cheeks, and there seems to be no way of avoiding this very disagreeable contingency.
William H. (William Henry) GilderSchwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin RecordsProject Gutenberg ebook #6594