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con·tin·gen·cy  audio  (kn-tnjn-s) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. con·tin·gen·cies
    1. An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility.
    2. A possibility that must be prepared for; a future emergency.
  1. The condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty.
  2. Something incidental to something else.


OTHER FORMS:
con·tingen·cy(Adjective)


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