6 example sentences using contingent.
Contingent used in a sentence
Contingent in a sentence as a noun
You can make the plea contingent on the sentencing.
This whole thing weirds me out. Here we are on Hacker News, and yet there is a super-large contingent of people going "Well, he DID technically commit a victimless crime...".So yes - he did do something that was against some terms of service.
"Or you're a start-up or small business that can't afford the contingent liability of a deep-pocketed infringer's legal team.
Contingent in a sentence as an adjective
That's why acquisitions usually are contingent upon certain employees coming on-board, yet the acquirer is often all too happy to fire other employees.
"The F-35, by contrast, is being designed by some 6,000 engineers led by a rotating contingent of short-tenure managers, with no fewer than 2,000 government workers providing oversight.
What metrics does one use to compare the productivity between the two?Even if you can measure the productivity of each, isn't their productivity necessarily contingent on other things functioning?
Contingent definitions
a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"
a temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"
See also: detail
possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses"
determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"
uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot