noun (plural -cies) Date: 1561 the quality or state of being contingent, a contingent event or condition: as, an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur , something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else, see: juncture
CONTINGENCY
Meaning of CONTINGENCY in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012