contingent
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Is contingent a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (military) A quota of troops.Examples: "Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians."
adj (English)
1. (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.Examples: "The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control."; "a contingent estate"; "The imposition of the death penalty should not be contingent on a particular jury's unguided understanding of a legal term of art."Synonyms: conditional, conditional, conditioned, contingent, qualified
Definition source: Wiktionary