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contingency |k?n?tinj?ns?| noun ( pl. -cies)
a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty : a detailed contract that attempts to provide for all possible contingencies.
• a provision for such an events or circumstance : a contingency reserve.
• an incidental expense : allow an extra fifteen percent in the budget for contingencies.
• the absence of certainty in events : the island's public affairs can be invaded by contingency.
• Philosophy the absence of necessity; the fact of being so without having to be so.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.(in the philosophical sense): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense ‘circumstance’ ), from contingere ‘befall’ (see contingent ).
