contingency plan

American  

noun

1. a course of action to be followed if a preferred plan fails or an existing situation changes.

2. a plan or procedure that will take effect if an emergency occurs; emergency plan.

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Example Sentences

The Journal reported in January that John Rogers, the powerful Goldman executive who brought Ruemmler into the bank, told a few close associates he was putting together a contingency plan in which she would leave later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The bank denied the Journal’s reporting in January that a top Goldman executive told a few close associates he was formulating a contingency plan in which Ruemmler would leave later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Journal also reported that John Rogers, the powerful Goldman executive who brought Ruemmler into the bank, told a few close associates he was putting together a contingency plan in which she would leave later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

But by the same token, sources have told BBC Sport that work towards a contingency plan in the event they make a decision they really don't want to make illustrates the precarity of Frank's position.

From BBC

Rogers told a few close associates he was formulating a contingency plan in which she would leave later this year, The Wall Street Journal reported last month.

From The Wall Street Journal