Complete Definition of "contingency"

English
Etymology
From contingent.
Noun
wikipedia|Contingency|Contingency (logic)
en-noun|contingencies|-

  1. uncountable The quality of being contingent; unpredictability.
  2. countable A possibility; something which may or may not happen.
  3. countable An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he does not fulfil the contract according to the specification.

Translations
trans-top|a quality of being contingent; unpredictability
Finnish: epävarmuus, ennustamattomuus
Spanish: contingencia
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Spanish: contingencia
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trans-top|a possibility; something which may or may not happen
Finnish: mahdollinen tapahtuma
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trans-top|an amount of money that will be paid if a project does not succeed
Finnish: sopimussakko
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Japanese: ��報� (seik�-h�shū)
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