contingent

Adjective

• uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
  • the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain- George Eliot
    

• determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
  • arms sales contingent on the approval of congress
    

• possible but not certain to occur
  • they had to plan for contingent expenses
    

Noun

• a temporary military unit
  • the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent
    

• a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
  • each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  contingent on(p) , contingent upon(p) , dependent on(p) , dependant on(p) , dependent upon(p) , dependant upon(p) , depending on(p) , detail