contingent
kontingen
definition
noun
a contingent of Japanese businessmen attending a conference
a group of people united by some common feature, forming part of a larger group.
adjective
the contingent nature of the job
subject to chance.
resolution of the conflict was contingent on the signing of a ceasefire agreement
occurring or existing only if (certain other circumstances) are the case; dependent on.
translation of 'contingent'
noun
rombongan,
bagian,
kesatuan,
kontingen
adjective
tambahan,
mungkin,
yg bergantung pd,
tdk pasti,
tergantung,
tdk sengaja,
kebetulan
example
They paid about $5 million for the assets, but there was a 'contingent' liability on the books for redundancy of $35 million.
Yes, hard work is important but people are afraid to admit how 'contingent' they are on chance and luck.
The era Gill refers to as ‘colonial’ has both a more extended temporal continuity and a more 'contingent' nature.
Now the works of men are 'contingent' , as being subject to free choice.
While the pace 'contingent' is threadbare, the spin section is overmanned.
Such exploration calls for a theory of the subject as a 'contingent' psychocultural construct implicated in the visual sign.
Although such a strategy is undoubtedly conceptually attractive, it appears likely that its value in a given circumstance will be 'contingent' on several factors.
The rest of the piece featured the Royal 'contingent' .
That stones released near the surface of the Earth invariably travel downwards is a 'contingent' fact that could conceivably have been otherwise.
Our Army's battlefield success is 'contingent' on the right information reaching the right soldier at the right time.
Now, the boy, little older than Naoise, seemed adventurous and a little rouge, his eyes darting over all in the male 'contingent' of the party, but settling most of all on Naoise.
Explanations of the origins of capitalism have thus far taken its advent in Western Europe as a given rather than a 'contingent' fact to be explained.
The empirical and 'contingent' conditions of effective agency set the terms of permissibility because it is through effective agency that autonomy is expressed (made real).
For example, it is necessarily true that all ravens can be black, but it is only a matter of 'contingent' fact that all ravens examined have been black.
We use them in arguing from 'contingent' premises about which we are often less than completely certain.
Unfortunately, little comment on the subject in political debate deals with these 'contingent' matters.
They are 'contingent' and subject to error and influence like any other form of knowledge.
With 18 entries, swimmers form the largest 'contingent' in the delegation.
The outstanding leave entitlement is absolutely crippling that organisation, and because of this nonsense its 'contingent' liability has just gone through the roof.
So the Fund's objection was largely a technicality, because the assets and 'contingent' liabilities of the whole of the public sector remained unchanged.
Too, in the casual encounter that may turn into commitment, the 'contingent' nature of existence can be clearly shown.
Where protest embodies an actual challenge to the stability of government power or ruling social elites, the 'contingent' nature of that right emerges.
Hence, God is a logically 'contingent' being and so could have not-existed.
For Zahar, the apparent difference between mass and energy arises from the 'contingent' fact that our senses perceive mass and energy differently.
It was a 'contingent' fact - not an a priori truth - that they were not.
The largest number of vendors and the largest 'contingent' of delegates should have been a dynamite combination.
I do not award damages under the heading of 'contingent' liability for refunds.
Evaluating a company's debt, acquisitions, working capital, 'contingent' liabilities and other accounting intricacies will help spot trouble ahead.
Whether the net effect is to maintain existing cell size, increase it or reduce it is not part of the theory, but 'contingent' on ecological circumstances.
As a rule, Leibniz emphasized the certainty of his metaphysical principles rather than the 'contingent' nature of empirical knowledge.
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