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Definition of Contingencies
1. contingency [n] - See also: contingency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contingencies
Literary usage of Contingencies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The contingencies of stellar collision.—There are probably at least 100000000
... The contingencies of close approach.—If there are contingencies of actual ..."
2. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"In the general state railroad appraisals, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
South Dakota made a special allowance for contingencies, while Texas and ..."
3. An Introduction to Computer Security: The Nist Handbook by Barbara Guttman (1995)
"Anticipating potential contingencies or disasters. 4. ... 84 There is no distinct
dividing line between disasters and other contingencies. ..."
4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"... OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND PRO- VIDING THE AUTHORITIES AND MEANS OF EXE- CUTING
THE CONSTITUTION, IN CERTAIN contingencies, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ..."
5. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1889)
"LIFE contingencies. § 15.] The best example of the mathematical theory of the
value of expectations is to be found in the valuation of benefits which are ..."
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