contingency
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kənˈtɪndʒənsi/
contingency
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. [1560s]
- (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [1610s]
- (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.
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
- (quality of happening by chance) possibility
- See also Thesaurus:option
- (quality of happening by chance) inevitability, impossibility
- French: contingence, éventualité
- German: Kontingenz
- Italian: contingenza
- Portuguese: contingência
- Russian: непредви́димость
- Spanish: contingencia, eventualidad
- German: Kontingenz
- Italian: contingenza
- Portuguese: contingência
- Russian: случа́йность
- Spanish: contingencia, eventualidad, imprevisto
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