contingencies

Synonyms for contingencies

noun chance happening; possibility

"unexpected additional expenses," 1660s, from contingency.

These were the only contingencies that his inexperience could imagine.

There were a number of contingencies, too, attached to almost every name.

The border people desired them for family vendettas and contingencies.

The salaries and contingencies of the Legislature amounted to £3,077.

I had about ten dollars on hand, which would be a sufficient margin for contingencies.

"It is rather a mixed-up mess," said I, perplexed by the contingencies and the repetitions.

So much for the contingencies of the future as those in the secret foresaw it.

He did not feel so confident in his own power of meeting all the contingencies of the future.

You were, no doubt, prepared to meet all the contingencies, to bear all the penalties.

On the receipt of this intelligence I tried to provide for all contingencies.