Dictionary  con•tin•gentPronunciation: (kun-tin'junt), [key] —adj. 1. dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often fol. by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather. 2. liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible: They had to plan for contingent expenses. 3. happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous; accidental: contingent occurrences. 4. Logic.(of a proposition) neither logically necessary nor logically impossible, so that its truth or falsity can be established only by sensory observation. —n. 1. a quota of troops furnished. 2. any one of the representative groups composing an assemblage: the New York contingent at a national convention. 3. the proportion that falls to one as a share to be contributed or furnished. 4. something contingent; contingency. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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