contingency

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  • (UK) IPA: /kənˈtɪn.dʒn̩.si/, SAMPA: /k@n"tIn.dZn=.si/
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[edit] Etymology

contingent +‎ -cy

[edit] Noun

Singular
contingency

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural contingencies

contingency (countable and uncountable; plural contingencies)

  1. a conditional response plan made in preparation for various future circumstances including the unanticipated.
  2. (uncountable) The quality of being contingent; unpredictability.
  3. (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen.
  4. (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 fulfil the contract according to the specification.

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