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contingency — con·tin·gen·cy /kən tin jən sē/ n pl cies 1: the quality or state of being contingent 2: a contingent event or condition: as a: an event that may but is not certain to occur a contingency that made performance under the contract impossible b … Law dictionary
Contingency — Con*tin gen*cy, n.; pl. {Contingencies}. [Cf. F. contingence.] 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. Point of contingency. J. Gregory. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chance — I (fortuity) noun advantage, befalling, casus, circumstance, event, favorable time, fortuitousness, good fortune, happening, occasion, opening, suitable circumstance, time associated concepts: arise by chance, last clear chance II (possibility) … Law dictionary
chance — [adj] accidental, unforeseeable adventitious, at random, casual, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, odd, offhand, unforeseen, unintentional, unlooked for, unplanned; concept 552 Ant. designed,… … New thesaurus
contingency — [kən tin′jən sē] n. pl. contingencies [see CONTINGENCE] 1. the quality or condition of being contingent; esp., dependence on chance or uncertain conditions 2. something whose occurrence depends on chance or uncertain conditions; a possible,… … English World dictionary
Chance — may refer to: Contents 1 Philosophy, logic and theology 2 Places 3 Music … Wikipedia
chance — n 1 Chance, accident, fortune, luck, hap, hazard denote something that happens without an apparent or determinable cause or as a result of unpredictable forces. Chance serves often as a general term for the incalculable and fortuitous element in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contingency — [n] chance happening; possibility accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it’s cool*, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament,… … New thesaurus
contingency — 1560s, quality of being contingent, from CONTINGENT (Cf. contingent) + CY (Cf. cy). Meaning a chance occurrence is from 1610s … Etymology dictionary
contingency — emergency, exigency, pinch, *juncture, pass, strait, crisis Analogous words: chance, break, *opportunity, occasion, time … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Chance — I (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of assignable cause. < N PARAG:Chance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 chance chance indetermination accident fortune hazard hap haphazard chance medley random luck raccroc casualty … English dictionary for students
