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| contingent | |
| 1. n. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. |  |
| 2. n. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion. | |
| 3. n. (military) A quota of troops. | |
| 4. adj. Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual. | |
| 5. adj. (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown. | |
| The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control. | |
| 6. adj. Dependent on something that may or may not occur. | |
| a contingent estate | |
| 7. adj. Not logically necessarily true or false. | |
| 8. adj. Temporary | |
| contingent labor, contingent worker | |
