Term:
Contingent liabilities
Definition:

Obligations that have been entered into, but the timing and amount of which are contingent on the occurrence of some uncertain future event. They are therefore not yet liabilities, and may never be if the specific contingency does not materialize.

Domain:
Finance
Source:
IMF, 2007, Manual on Fiscal Transparency, IMF, Washington DC, Glossary
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