Meaning

• Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

• A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

• Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.

• A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

• The accident and emergency department of a hospital.

• An incidental charge or payment.

• Chance nature; randomness.