Contingent - definition of contingent by The Free Dictionary
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Web1. a. A group or detachment, as of troops or police, assigned to aid a larger force. b. A representative group that is selected from or part of a larger group. 2. An event or condition that is likely but not inevitable. [Middle English, from Latin contingēns, contingent-, present participle of contingere, to touch; see contact .]
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