ADJECTIVE
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being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
arms sales contingent on the approval of congress
How To Use contingent on In A Sentence
- Furthermore, future international progress towards peace seemed likely to remain contingent on the strength and durability of the Uprising.
- In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population.
- Investment incentives are contingent on execution by specified proposal expiry date, and may be withdrawn at any time prior to acceptance.
- Too often, sales would close a major deal with a customer contingent on a feature that engineering had dropped from the release a month before.
- Kevin Rudd is offering premiers an extra $1.2 billion to win support for his health plan but it remains contingent on a potential "showstopper" - handing over 30 per cent of their GST. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
- Entrance into these communities became contingent on wealth as nunneries demanded that postulants provide dowries. Christianity Today
- The latest sale is contingent on to Dallas-based Empire completing financial arrangement, Ladd said.
- In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population.
- Congressional Republicans have made an increase in the debt ceiling contingent on a balanced budget agreement to their liking.
- If soldiers are entitled to deal harshly with wounded enemy soldiers who might be engaged in perfidious acts, surely that entitlement can’t be contingent on holding a mini-trial right there to determine the matter. The Volokh Conspiracy » Phil Carter responds:
