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Contingency

Meaning

Noun

The quality of being
, of
by chance.
A
; something which may or may not
. A
, especially in
,
expenses.
In Finance:
An amount of money which a
a
to the other
(usually the
of
project to the
) if
does not
the
the specification.
In Logic:
A
which is neither a
nor a contradiction.
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Origin

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