Contingents

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounAn event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future.

2.nounThat which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.

3.nounA quota of troops.

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