CONTINGENCY Definition & Meaning

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contingency

[kuhn-tin-juhn-see]

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noun

plural

contingencies

dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness.
Nothing was left to contingency.
a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility conditional on something uncertain.
He was prepared for every contingency.
Synonyms: , ,
something incidental to a thing.

contingency

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noun

1. a possible but not very likely future event or condition; eventuality
2. ( as modifier )
  a contingency plan
something dependent on a possible future event
a fact, event, etc, incidental to or dependent on something else
1. modification of the meaning of a main clause by use of a bound clause introduced by a binder such as if, when, though, or since Compare adding
2. ( as modifier )
  a contingency clause
logic
1. the state of being contingent
2. a contingent statement
dependence on chance; uncertainty
statistics
1. the degree of association between theoretical and observed common frequencies of two graded or classified variables. It is measured by the chi-square test
2. ( as modifier )
  a contingency table
  the contingency coefficient

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of contingency¹

First recorded in 1555–65; conting(ent) + -ency

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Then, at a congressional hearing on Thursday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to suggest under tense questioning that the Pentagon had prepared "contingency" plans for taking Greenland by force "if necessary".

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"We've already been moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support across the region," he told reporters.

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"We don't have any contingency or additional accommodation," she said.

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According to the Home Office, hotels are "contingency accommodation" and only meant to be used for asylum seekers when other housing cannot be sourced.

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“But then again, we have seen preposterous actions taken recently by this administration. We are prepared for everything,” Carvalho said, adding that he’s in consultation on contingency plans with L.A.

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