contingent
kontinjen
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.
example
While the pace 'contingent' is threadbare, the spin section is overmanned.
The largest number of vendors and the largest 'contingent' of delegates should have been a dynamite combination.
Thus the truth we establish is 'contingent' on the circumstances.
Unfortunately, little comment on the subject in political debate deals with these 'contingent' matters.
The commander of the multinational division, incorporating our military 'contingent' , is empowered to ensure tactical interaction with the brigade.
Culturally, the Polish 'contingent' has held tightly to its folk and national roots, making Polonia more than simply a name.
Orders were given to repair the walls and a 'contingent' of 20,000 troops was sent to confront the enemy.
The 'contingent' liability has now crystallised into a €113 million charge in the profit and loss account.
For Pelagius, sin and evil were a 'contingent' , non-necessary fact.
Too often, sales would close a major deal with a customer 'contingent' on a feature that engineering had dropped from the release a month before.
A team of bomb disposal units and a 'contingent' of police officers arrived on the scene to examine the object.
A guarantee, he asserted is a 'contingent' liability on the Consolidated Fund.
That stones released near the surface of the Earth invariably travel downwards is a 'contingent' fact that could conceivably have been otherwise.
I do not award damages under the heading of 'contingent' liability for refunds.
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).
Where are the historical and 'contingent' facts?
How might a 'contingent' fact be known on the basis of nothing empirical?
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.
It is not a mere question of genetics; heritage is not simply the legacy of blood-relations, but of a multiple and 'contingent' nature.
We use them in arguing from 'contingent' premises about which we are often less than completely certain.
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.
An option is a future 'contingent' liability whose present value can be estimated with a series of probabilistic and economic assumptions.
But these merely 'contingent' facts have no bearing on the question of whether the paradox has any logical force.
So the Fund's objection was largely a technicality, because the assets and 'contingent' liabilities of the whole of the public sector remained unchanged.
For example, ‘Unicorns exist’ is a 'contingent' proposition.
However, when the train pulled into Salisbury, a large 'contingent' of police officers was waiting for it.
Both artists acknowledged the 'contingent' nature of the exhibition and their material relationship to the site itself, in these days an exemplary act of formal courtesy.
Evaluating a company's debt, acquisitions, working capital, 'contingent' liabilities and other accounting intricacies will help spot trouble ahead.
They also recommended the issuance of a policy letter instructing award-fee officials to commit funds as 'contingent' liabilities when evaluation periods begin.
The military 'contingent' is assisting the police by providing a secure environment so law and order can be re-established.
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