/ Dictionary / Index C contingency: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: con•tin•gen•cy Pronunciation: (kun-tin'jun-sē), [key] — pl. -cies. dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency. a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility conditional on something uncertain: He was prepared for every contingency. something incidental to a thing. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: contingency (Thesaurus) contingence contingency fee Related Content Daily Word Quiz: nonchalant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language