contingency

== English == === Etymology === From contingence +‎ -y (16th century). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/ === Noun === contingency (countable and uncountable, plural contingencies) (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. [from 1560s] Synonyms: possibility, unpredictability; see also Thesaurus:option Antonyms: inevitability, impossibility (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:possibility Antonyms: see Thesaurus:impossibility (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 they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification. (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction. Coordinate terms: contradiction, tautology ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “contingency”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “contingency”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.