English-Thai Dictionary

contingency

N ความบังเอิญ  kwam-bang-oen

 

contingency

N เรื่อง บังเอิญ  เหตุการณ์ ที่ อาจ เกิดขึ้น ได้  incident emergency ruang-bang-oen

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTINGENCY

Con *tin "gen *cy, n,; pl. Contingencies. Etym: [Cf. F. contingence. ]

 

1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency. " J. Gregory.

 

2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. South.

 

3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. Hallam.

 

4. An adjunct or accessory. Wordsworth.

 

5. (Law )

 

Defn: A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.

 

Syn. -- Casualty; accident; chance.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contingency

con tin gen cy |kənˈtinjənsē kənˈtɪnʤənsi | ▶noun ( pl. contingencies ) a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty: a detailed contract that attempts to provide for all possible contingencies. • a provision for such an events or circumstance: a contingency reserve. • an incidental expense: allow an extra fifteen percent in the budget for contingencies. • the absence of certainty in events: the island's public affairs can be invaded by contingency. • Philosophy the absence of necessity; the fact of being so without having to be so. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the philosophical sense ): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense ‘circumstance ’), from contingere ‘befall ’ (see contingent ).

 

contingency fee

con tin gen cy fee ▶noun a sum of money that a lawyer receives as a fee only if the case is won.

 

contingency fund

con tin gen cy fund ▶noun a reserve of money set aside to cover possible unforeseen future expenses.

 

contingency plan

con tin gen cy plan ▶noun a plan designed to take a possible future event or circumstance into account: contingency plans for dealing with oil spills.

 

contingency table

con tin gen cy ta ble ▶noun Statistics a table showing the distribution of one variable in rows and another in columns, used to study the association between the two variables.

 

Oxford Dictionary

contingency

contingency |kənˈtɪndʒ (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. contingencies ) 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. • a provision for a possible event or circumstance: stores were kept as a contingency against a blockade. • an incidental expense. • [ mass noun ] the absence of certainty in events: the island's public affairs can occasionally be seen to be invaded by contingency. • [ mass noun ] Philosophy the absence of necessity; the fact of being so without having to be so. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the philosophical sense ): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense ‘circumstance ’), from contingere ‘befall ’ (see contingent ).

 

contingency fee

con |tin |gency fee ▶noun (in the US ) a sum of money that a lawyer receives as a fee only if the case is won.

 

contingency fund

con |tin |gency fund ▶noun a reserve of money set aside to cover possible unforeseen future expenses.

 

contingency plan

con |tin |gency plan ▶noun a plan designed to take account of a possible future event or circumstance.

 

contingency table

con |tin |gency table ▶noun Statistics a table showing the distribution of one variable in rows and another in columns, used to study the correlation between the two variables.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contingency

contingency noun we've tried to imagine and provide for all possible contingencies: eventuality, (chance ) event, incident, happening, occurrence, juncture, possibility, fortuity, accident, chance, emergency.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contingency

contingency noun a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies: eventuality, (chance ) event, incident, happening, occurrence, juncture, possibility, accident, chance, emergency; uncertainty; rare fortuity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contingency

con tin gen cy /kəntɪ́n (d )ʒ (ə )nsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 C 将来起こりうる事 ; 不慮の事故, 不測の事態 ▸ for all contingencies あらゆる場合に備えて 2 U 偶然 (性 ).3 C 付随して生じる事 ; 臨時出費 .～̀ f é e ＝contingent fee .～̀ f ú nd 臨時費 .～̀ pl á n ｟かたく ｠(万一に備えた )事故対策, 防災計画 .～̀ t á ble 〘数 〙分割表 .