contingency

eventualidad, imprevisto

Algo que podría ocurrir, especialmente un problema o gasto para el que conviene prepararse.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

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

Sinónimos: possibility, eventuality

Expresiones frecuentes: contingency plan, contingency fund, every contingency

contingencia

El hecho de que algo dependa del azar o de condiciones que podrían ser distintas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: possibility, unpredictability, option, choice

Antónimos: necessity

Expresiones frecuentes: historical contingency, contingency of something

penalización contractual

Dinero que una parte debe pagar a la otra si incumple lo que exige un contrato.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: contractual penalty

Expresiones frecuentes: pay a contingency, contractual contingency, contingency payment

proposición contingente

Enunciado que puede ser verdadero o falso, en lugar de ser siempre verdadero o siempre falso.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: contingent proposition

Expresiones frecuentes: logical contingency, contingency in logic