0 A fallback plan or position can be used if other plans do not succeed or other things are not available:
Do we have a fallback position for these negotiations?
1 a fall in the price, amount, rate, etc. of something, especially after having been high
2 a plan that you can use if your first plan fails
It provides the moral basis for a fallback framework that contributes to all persons' receiving a fair chance in life.
For most of the twentieth century, professional accountability can be seen as the fallback accountability mechanism.
It improves parser robustness by adding low-ranked fallback rules that deal with common ungrammatical input or marginal constructions.
However, the fallback, ad hoc security and policing technologies employed could hardly be termed infrastructural.
It should be noted, however, that punishment for rehabilitation is the preferred option for parents with retributive punishment just a fallback option.
The second section considers non-agricultural market experimentation as opposed to reliance on an agricultural subsistence fallback in the quest for economic survival.
But then there are fallback positions.
Vano is creating a fallback position to protect himself against the revelation of this fact.