"contingency cost" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "contingency + cost. Do not confuse with cost contingencies.",
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        "An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order."
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        "(accounting) An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order."
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Precautionary expense",
          "word": "varautumiskustannus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Precautionary expense",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Vorhaltekosten"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Precautionary expense",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "beredskapskostnad"
        }
      ],
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        "cost contingency"
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  "word": "contingency cost"
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        "(accounting) An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Precautionary expense",
      "word": "varautumiskustannus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Vorhaltekosten"
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      "word": "beredskapskostnad"
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