contingency

/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/ 名词 C1

中文：意外事件、偶发事件、应急费用

The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. (uncountable)
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. (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. (countable)
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction. (countable)

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“We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Here all other contingencies have failed.

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