contingent
contingente
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
contingente,
contingência,
eventualidade
adjective
contingente,
acidental
example
The 'contingent' liability has now crystallised into a €113 million charge in the profit and loss account.
Too, in the casual encounter that may turn into commitment, the 'contingent' nature of existence can be clearly shown.
How might a 'contingent' fact be known on the basis of nothing empirical?
Tribute was also paid to the 67 British dead during a ceremony attended by a 'contingent' of British police officers.
The extent of the tax difficulties will be established and the sellers will have to provide warranties to the purchasers to cover the 'contingent' liabilities.
Where protest embodies an actual challenge to the stability of government power or ruling social elites, the 'contingent' nature of that right emerges.
The 'contingent' liability remaining on these open years of account is incalculable.
That this is the medium of philosophy is not just a 'contingent' fact about philosophy.
Unfortunately, little comment on the subject in political debate deals with these 'contingent' matters.
If the potential liability is material enough it will have to be disclosed in notes in the company's accounts as a 'contingent' liability.
The military 'contingent' is assisting the police by providing a secure environment so law and order can be re-established.
The only thing the lawyer can make 'contingent' on the success of the suit is her fee.
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.
For Zahar, the apparent difference between mass and energy arises from the 'contingent' fact that our senses perceive mass and energy differently.
The set-off clause precludes the withdrawals of amounts standing to the customer's credit as long as this liability is 'contingent' .
But these merely 'contingent' facts have no bearing on the question of whether the paradox has any logical force.
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 era Gill refers to as ‘colonial’ has both a more extended temporal continuity and a more 'contingent' nature.
Thus a reference to a singular 'contingent' fact to explain why you never succeed in killing your younger self seems not to fulfil the requirement of being an explanation.
I do not award damages under the heading of 'contingent' liability for refunds.
However, when the train pulled into Salisbury, a large 'contingent' of police officers was waiting for it.
A heavy 'contingent' of defence force personnel and special police disaster and reaction units plan to patrol the summit.
Was there any evidence of any actual, as opposed to 'contingent' liability?
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 empirical and 'contingent' conditions of effective agency set the terms of permissibility because it is through effective agency that autonomy is expressed (made real).
So the Fund's objection was largely a technicality, because the assets and 'contingent' liabilities of the whole of the public sector remained unchanged.
Where are the historical and 'contingent' facts?
Claims to the effect that actual people know actual facts about the world are 'contingent' propositions about the world.
Heavy 'contingent' of police and paramilitary forces rushed to the spot.
Hence, God is a logically 'contingent' being and so could have not-existed.
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