Contingency or Contingent may refer to:

• Contingency (philosophy), in philosophy and logic
• Contingency plan, in planning
• Contingency (electrical grid), in electrical grid engineering
• Contingency table, in statistics
• Contingency theory, in organizational theory
• Contingency (evolutionary biology)
• Contingency management, in medicine
• Contingent claim, in finance
• Contingent fee, in commercial matters
• Contingent liability, in law
• Contingent vote, in politics
• Contingent work, an employment relationship
• Cost contingency, in business risk management
• "Contingency" (Prison Break), a television series episode
• Military contingent, a group within an army

• Contractual term, upon which agreed outcomes are contingent