CONTINGENCY FEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contingency fee mean? 

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

1. a fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTINGENCY FEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fee that is payable only if the outcome is successful (as for an attorney's services)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)