CONTINGENCY PROCEDURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contingency procedure mean? 

• CONTINGENCY PROCEDURE (noun)
  The noun CONTINGENCY PROCEDURE has 1 sense:

1. an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises

  Familiarity information: CONTINGENCY PROCEDURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTINGENCY PROCEDURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("contingency procedure" is a kind of...):

function; procedure; routine; subprogram; subroutine (a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)