ALL meanings of contingency
con·tin·gen·cy
C c - variable noun contingency A contingency is something that might happen in the future. 3
- adjective contingency A contingency plan or measure is one that is intended to be used if a possible situation actually occurs. 3
- noun contingency a possible but not very likely future event or condition; eventuality 3
- noun contingency (as modifier) 3
- noun contingency something dependent on a possible future event 3
- noun contingency a fact, event, etc, incidental to or dependent on something else 3
- noun contingency modification of the meaning of a main clause by use of a bound clause introduced by a binder such as if, when, though, or since 3
- noun contingency the state of being contingent 3
- noun contingency a contingent statement 3
- noun contingency dependence on chance; uncertainty 3
- noun contingency the degree of association between theoretical and observed common frequencies of two graded or classified variables. It is measured by the chi-square test 3
- noun contingency the quality or condition of being contingent; esp., dependence on chance or uncertain conditions 3
- noun contingency something whose occurrence depends on chance or uncertain conditions; a possible, unforeseen, or accidental occurrence 3
- noun contingency some thing or event which depends on or is incidental to another 3
- noun contingency A contingency is an event or situation that might happen in the future, especially one that could cause problems. 3
- noun plural contingency dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency. 1
- noun plural contingency a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility conditional on something uncertain: He was prepared for every contingency. 1
- noun plural contingency something incidental to a thing. 1
- noun contingency A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty. 1
- noun contingency depend on sth else 1
- noun contingency in contract 1
- adjective contingency grammar 1
- noun contingency future possibility 1
- noun contingency sth dependent on future 1
- noun contingency (Uncountable Noun) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. 0
- noun contingency (Countable Noun) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. 0
- noun contingency (Countable Noun) 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. 0
- noun contingency (Countable Noun) (logic) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction. 0