- 1contingent (on/upon something) (formal) depending on something that may or may not happen All payments are contingent upon satisfactory completion dates.
- 2contingent worker/work/job a person who does not have a permanent contract with a company, or work done by such a person the spread of contingent work throughout the economy the use of leased, temporary and other contingent workers
adverbSee contingent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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