contingency

Etymology
(16th century).

Noun

 * 1)  The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
 * 2)  A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
 * 3)  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 or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
 * 4)  A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
 * 1)  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 or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
 * 2)  A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
 * 1)  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 or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
 * 2)  A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: непредвидимост
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ennustamattomuus
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 偶然性
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەڵکەوتووی
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: непредви́димость
 * Serbo-Croatian: kontingentnost
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: mahdollinen tapahtuma, kontingenssi
 * German:, mögliches Ereignis
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, 偶然性
 * Plautdietsch: Väarot
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: oförutsedd händelse,, ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 成功報酬


 * Finnish: kontingenssi