Contingency vs Reservation - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
(countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
(logic, countable) A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
Something that is withheld or kept back.
A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).
(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (reserve)).
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.
(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
As nouns the difference between contingency and reservation
is that contingency is the quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability while reservation is the act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.contingency
English
(wikipedia contingency)Noun
Synonyms
* (quality of happening by chance) possibility * See alsoAntonyms
* (quality of happening by chance) inevitability, impossibilityCoordinate terms
* (statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction) contradiction, tautologyDerived terms
* contingency planreservation
English
Noun
(en noun)- I have reservations about your intentions.