In a sentence
Six example sentences with contingency, each labelled with its topic.
We packed extra cash for the contingency of a canceled ferry, and on the third day that is exactly what happened.
Travel
The founders mapped every contingency they could imagine, including the one where their only supplier stopped answering email.
Startups
The budget held ten percent aside for any contingency the site might produce, and the buried stream used most of it.
Architecture
The fund keeps a cash reserve for the contingency of sudden withdrawals, so it never has to sell holdings at a bad moment.
Finance
The coach drills a small lineup all week against the contingency of his center picking up two early fouls.
Basketball
The contract covers the contingency of a strike at the port, spelling out who pays for the delay and for how long.
Law
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- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
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