Contingencies (3)
I believe the answer is:
ifs
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">contingencies</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ifs that I've seen before include "Conditional conjunctions" , "Suppositions, may be accompanied by buts" , "Conditions or suppositions, may join with buts" , "If . . . and ands were pots and pans" , "No ...,ands or buts, no argument allowed" .)