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aleatory

Pronunciation:  'eyleeu`towree

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life"
 
 Synonyms: unpredictable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A"le*a*to*ry\, a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance,
die.] (Law)
Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory
contract. --Bouvier.

 
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