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Wikipedia has an article on: Contingency

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Etymology

contingent +‎ -cy

Noun

Singular contingency

Plural countable and uncountable; plural contingencies

contingency (countable and uncountable; plural contingencies)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being contingent; unpredictability.
  2. (countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen.
  3. (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 he or she does not fulfil the contract according to the specification.

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