contingency
noun
[ kənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nsi ]
• a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.
• "a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies"
Similar:
eventuality,
(chance) event,
incident,
happening,
occurrence,
juncture,
possibility,
accident,
chance,
emergency,
uncertainty,
fortuity,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the philosophical sense): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense ‘circumstance’), from contingere ‘befall’ (see contingent).
