contingency

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

contingencies

1.
(uncountable)The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
Đồng nghĩa: possibility, unpredictability, option, choice, alternative, possibility, contingency
2.
(countable)A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
Đồng nghĩa: chance, contingency, contingent, eventuality, possibility, potentiality
3.
(countable)(finance, 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 they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
4.
(countable)(logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

possibility unpredictability option choice alternative chance contingenteventualitypotentiality

Trái nghĩa

inevitability impossibilitycastle in the airpie in the skypipe dreamnoncontingency

Cùng gốc / liên quan

contingency costcontingency plancontingency table

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Nguồn gốc từ

From contingence + --y (16th century).