Contingency vs. Exigency — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Contingency and Exigency
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Contingency
A future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty
A detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies
Exigency
An urgent need or demand
Women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it
He put financial exigency before personal sentiment
Contingency
An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility.
Exigency
A pressing or urgent situation
"We were caught in a wartime exigency that was beyond any humane, any rational, resistance" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
Contingency
A possibility that must be prepared for; a future emergency.
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Exigency
An urgent requirement; a pressing need
"distracted by the exigencies of running a business" (Richard Curtis).
Contingency
The condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty.
Exigency
The demands or requirements of a situation.
Contingency
Something incidental to something else.
Exigency
An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.
Contingency
(uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
Exigency
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.
Contingency
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
Exigency
A pressing or urgent situation;
The health-care exigency
Contingency
An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
Exigency
A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;
He never knew what to do in an emergency
Contingency
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Contingency
Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
Contingency
The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.
Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions.
Contingency
An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency.
Contingency
An adjunct or accessory.
Contingency
A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.
Contingency
A possible event or occurrence or result
Contingency
The state of being contingent on something
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