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What does contingent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word contingent? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
  2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion.
  3. (military) A quota of troops.
Adjective
  1. Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
  2. (with upon) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
  3. Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
  4. Not logically necessarily true or false.
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