plural contingencies
Definition of contingency
1
: a contingent event or condition: such as
a
: an event (such as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur
trying to provide for every contingency
b
: something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else
the contingencies of war
2
: the quality or state of being contingent
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The first known use of contingency was in 1561
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