contingent
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- A quota of troops.
Adjective
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- Temporary.
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