contingency
81contingency — noun /kənˈtɪndʒənsi/ a) a conditional response plan made in preparation for various future circumstances including the unanticipated. b) The quality of being contingent; unpredictability. Syn: possibility Ant: necessity …
82Contingency — An economic event, usually negative, that is in the process of occurring and, therefore, has not yet been resolved. For example, pending litigation would be considered a contingent liability …
83contingency — See necessary/contingent …
84contingency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chance, possibility, likelihood, accident, casualty, prospect; situation, predicament, case. See circumstance, liability, expectation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Possibility] Syn. likelihood, chance,… …
85contingency — con·tin·gen·cy || kÉ™n tɪndÊ’É™nsɪ n. possibility, chance …
86contingency — [kən tɪndʒ(ə)nsi] noun (plural contingencies) 1》 a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty. ↘a provision for such an event or circumstance. 2》 the absence of certainty in events. 3》 Philosophy the …
87contingency — n. 1. Accidentalness, fortuity, uncertainty. 2. Casualty, accident, incident, occurrence, event …
88contingency — noun we ve tried to imagine and provide for all possible contingencies Syn: eventuality, (chance) event, incident, happening, occurrence, juncture, possibility, fortuity, accident, chance, emergency …
89contingency — n 1. chance, mere chance, happy chance, fortuity, serendipity, happenstance, luck, fortune; odds, run of luck; uncertainty, fortuitousness, casualness, randomness, haphazardness, arbitrariness, accidentalness. 2. possibility, likelihood,… …
90contingency — con·tin·gen·cy …
