contingency
101contingency response program — Fast reaction transportation procedures intended to provide for priority use of land transportation assets by Department of Defense when required. Also called CORE …
102contingency fee — noun Date: 1945 a fee for services (as of a lawyer) paid upon successful completion of the services and usually calculated as a percentage of the gain realized for the client called also contingent fee …
103contingency table — noun Date: 1904 a table of data in which the row entries tabulate the data according to one variable and the column entries tabulate it according to another variable and which is used especially in the study of the correlation between variables …
104contingency fee. — See contingent fee. * * * …
105contingency plan — 1. a course of action to be followed if a preferred plan fails or an existing situation changes. 2. a plan or procedure that will take effect if an emergency occurs; emergency plan. * * * …
106contingency reserve — Accounting. an amount of money established from retained earnings to allow for unforeseen losses in business. Also, contingent reserve. [1930 35] * * * …
107contingency table — Statistics. the frequency distribution for a two way statistical classification. [1945 50] * * * …
108contingency tax — any new tax that would be necessary in case of a shortfall in revenues. * * * …
109contingency plan — noun An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails Syn: Plan B …
110contingency table — noun a) A table presenting the joint distribution of two categorical variables. b) An arrangement of data containing the joint distribution of two or more categorical variables, usually in a database, a series of tables, or a special… …
