"contingency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contingency.wav Forms: contingencies [plural]
Etymology: From contingent + -cy (16th century). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|contingent|cy}} contingent + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contingency (countable and uncountable, plural contingencies)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: possibility, unpredictability, option Translations (quality of being contingent; unpredictability): непредвидимост (nepredvidimost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ھەڵکەوتووی (hellkewtûy) (Central Kurdish), contingentie [feminine] (Dutch), onvoorspelbaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), epävarmuus (Finnish), ennustamattomuus (Finnish), contingence [feminine] (French), éventualité [feminine] (French), Kontingenz [feminine] (German), Eventualität (German), Zufall (German), esetlegesség (Hungarian), contingenza [feminine] (Italian), 偶然 (gūzen) (Japanese), 偶然性 (gūzensei) (Japanese), contingência [feminine] (Portuguese), непредви́димость (nepredvídimostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kontingentnost (Serbo-Croatian), contingencia [feminine] (Spanish), eventualidad [feminine] (Spanish), oförutsägbarhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-contingency-en-noun-VDLfkf-L Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -cy, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 34 10 39 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 43 7 30 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 6 35 21 Disambiguation of 'quality of being contingent; unpredictability': 93 3 2 3
  2. (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. Tags: countable Translations (possibility; something which may or may not happen): contingentie [feminine] (Dutch), mahdollinen tapahtuma (Finnish), kontingenssi (Finnish), Eventualität [feminine] (German), mögliches Ereignis [neuter] (German), ενδεχόμενο (endechómeno) [neuter] (Greek), eshetőség (Hungarian), imprevisto [masculine] (Italian), casualità [feminine] (Italian), eventualità [feminine] (Italian), 偶然 (gūzen) (Japanese), 偶然性 (gūzensei) (Japanese), Väarot [masculine] (Plautdietsch), contingência [feminine] (Portuguese), случа́йность (slučájnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kontingencija (Serbo-Croatian), contingencia [feminine] (Spanish), eventualidad [feminine] (Spanish), imprevisto [masculine] (Spanish), oförutsedd händelse [common-gender] (Swedish), tillfällighet [common-gender] (Swedish), eventualitet [common-gender] (Swedish), sammanträffande [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-contingency-en-noun-4Cy5kwv7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 34 10 39 16 Disambiguation of 'possibility; something which may or may not happen': 37 58 3 1
  3. (finance, 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. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Finance Translations (amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed): sopimussakko (Finnish), Entschädigung [feminine] (German), indennizzo [masculine] (Italian), penale [feminine] (Italian), 成功報酬 (seikō-hōshū) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-contingency-en-noun-XPu4sLDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 4 55 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 34 10 39 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 8 49 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 8 56 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 4 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 8 48 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 10 3 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 30 10 43 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 12 46 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 9 46 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 8 46 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 6 35 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 8 50 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 8 50 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 12 4 71 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 8 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 8 50 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 8 48 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 7 52 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 8 49 20 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed': 8 20 67 5
  4. (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction): kontingenssi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-contingency-en-noun-en:logical_statement Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -cy, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 34 10 39 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 39 6 35 21 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction': 4 2 3 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contingency cost, contingency plan, contingency table, noncontingency

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "nepredvidimost",
      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kontingenz"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "word": "Eventualität"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "word": "Zufall"
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "word": "偶然"
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "word": "偶然性"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "word": "ھەڵکەوتووی"
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
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      "word": "непредви́димость"
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      "sense": "quality of being contingent; unpredictability",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "mögliches Ereignis"
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "casualità"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "contingência"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "случа́йность"
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
      "word": "kontingencija"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
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      "word": "eventualitet"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "possibility; something which may or may not happen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sammanträffande"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed",
      "word": "sopimussakko"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Entschädigung"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "indennizzo"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "penale"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "seikō-hōshū",
      "sense": "amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed",
      "word": "成功報酬"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction",
      "word": "kontingenssi"
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