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Contingencies

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con⋅tin⋅gen⋅cy

  [kuhn-tin-juhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency.
2. a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility conditional on something uncertain: He was prepared for every contingency.
3. something incidental to a thing.
Origin:
1555–65; conting(ent) + -ency

Synonyms:
2. emergency, likelihood, predicament.
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con·tin·gen·cy   (kən-tĭn'jən-sē)   
n.   pl. con·tin·gen·cies

    1. An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility.

    2. A possibility that must be prepared for; a future emergency.

  2. The condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty.

  3. Something incidental to something else.

con·tin'gen·cy adj.
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Main Entry: con·tin·gen·cy
Pronunciation: k&n-'tin-j&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
1 : the quality or state of being contingent
2 : a contingent event or condition: as a : an event that may but is not certain to occur contingency that made performance under the contract impossible> b : something likely to come about as an adjunct to or result of something else; specifically : CONTINGENCY FEE at, FEE contingency or billed at an hourly rate —D. Railroad Frederico>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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