contingency

eventualità, imprevisto

Qualcosa che potrebbe accadere, soprattutto un problema o una spesa per cui bisogna prepararsi.

In inglese semplice: Something that might happen, especially a problem or expense you need to prepare for.

• We need a contingency plan.
• Keep some money aside for unexpected contingencies.
• The team tried to prepare for every contingency.

Come si usa: allow for a contingency (The budget allows for contingencies such as equipment repairs.)

Sinonimi: possibility, eventuality

Espressioni comuni: contingency plan, contingency fund, every contingency

contingenza

Il fatto che qualcosa dipenda dal caso o da condizioni che potrebbero essere diverse.

In inglese semplice: The fact that something depends on chance or on conditions that could be different.

• Their account emphasizes the contingency of historical events.
• The philosopher contrasted contingency with necessity.
• Contingency means that a different outcome was possible.

Sinonimi: possibility, unpredictability, option, choice

Contrari: necessity

Espressioni comuni: historical contingency, contingency of something

penale contrattuale

Somma che una parte deve pagare all’altra se non rispetta gli obblighi previsti dal contratto.

In inglese semplice: Money one side must pay the other if it fails to do what a contract requires.

• The supplier had to pay a contingency.
• The contract sets the contingency at ten thousand euros.
• Failure to finish the project triggered a contingency payment.

Sinonimi: contractual penalty

Espressioni comuni: pay a contingency, contractual contingency, contingency payment

proposizione contingente

Affermazione che può essere vera o falsa, anziché essere sempre vera o sempre falsa.

In inglese semplice: A statement that can be true or false, rather than always true or always false.

• This statement is a contingency.
• A contingency has both true and false entries in its truth table.
• Students must distinguish a contingency from a contradiction.

Sinonimi: contingent proposition

Espressioni comuni: logical contingency, contingency in logic