contingent

contingent
adj
1. conditional, provisional, provisory, stipulatory; dependent on or upon, depending, depending on, hanging on, hinging on; circumstantial, depending on circumstances; subject to, incident to, incidental to.
2. likely, possible, probable, incident; in the cards, on the books, in the air, in the wind, afloat, astir, afoot.
3. uncertain, indefinite, undetermined, unsettled, unestablished; open, up in the air, touch-and-go, borderline, hanging in the balance, Sl. up for grabs; unpredictable, unforeseeable; unaccountable, undeterminable, unascertainable, undivinable.
4. chance, fortuitous, serendipitous, aleatory, Inf. fluky or flukey; random, haphazard, casual, arbitrary, hit-or-miss; unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked-for; accidental, incidental, occasional, adventitious.
n
5. share, quota, portion, lot, allotment, allocation, percentage, piece of the action, Inf. cut; part, parcel; measure, ration; dole, dividend, pittance.
6.(all of troops) detachment; reinforcements, reserves.
7. group, body, company, complement; party, faction, movement; coterie, clique, set, band, Inf. bunch, Inf. team, Inf. crew, Inf. crowd.
8. likelihood, probability, eventuality; possibility, contingency; event, circumstance, occasion, situation, case, juncture, conjuncture. See alsocontingency (defs.1-3).

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