"contingency cost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: contingency costs [plural]
Etymology: From contingency + cost. Do not confuse with cost contingencies. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|contingency|cost}} contingency + cost Head templates: {{en-noun}} contingency cost (plural contingency costs)
  1. (accounting) An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order. Wikipedia link: cost contingency Translations (Precautionary expense): varautumiskustannus (Finnish), Vorhaltekosten [plural] (German), beredskapskostnad [common-gender] (Swedish)

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