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noun (wikipedia, Contingency, Contingency (logic))
(contingencies, -)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being contingent; unpredictability.
  2. (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen.
  3. (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 does not fulfil the contract according to the specification.
Translations: 
  • Spanish: contingencia
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, a possibility; something which may or may not happen)
Etymology: From contingent.


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