contingency fund
or contingent fund
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noun Accounting.
money or securities set aside to cover unexpected conditions or losses in business, usually supplementing a contingency reserve.
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Origin of contingency fund
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby contingency fund
continently, continents, contingence, contingency, contingency fee, contingency fund, contingency plan, contingency reserve, contingency table, contingency tax, contingent
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