Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
- IPA: /kənˈtɪndʒənsi/
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.
- (countable) 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 he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
- (logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Esimerkit
- The lawyer offered to take the case on contingency. He earns a fee only if his case is successful.
- The plan is risky. There is a lot that could go wrong. Have you considered every contingency ?
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | contingencies |