English-Dutch translations for contingent

• contingent
  We hebben nu een groot contingent Ierse militairen in Tsjaad. We now have in Chad a large contingent of Irish troops.
  Polen stuurt een 400-koppig contingent met onder meer technisch en medisch personeel. Poland is sending a 400-strong contingent, including engineers and medics.
  Bovendien hebben verschillende lidstaten ook hun eigen contingenten in de KFOR versterkt. Several Member States have also reinforced their own contingents in KFOR.

Definition of contingent

• An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future
• That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share
• A quota of troops
• Possible or liable, but not certain to occur
• Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown
• Dependent on something that may or may not occur
• Not logically necessarily true or false

Examples

• The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control
• a contingent estate
• contingent labor
• contingent worker

Related words

• contingently
• contingentism
• contingent convertible bond
• contingent work
• refugee contingent