contingent

• a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
• a temporary military unit
• possible but not certain to occur
• determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
• uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
• Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur
• Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown
• Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur
• An event which may or may not happen
• That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number

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