contingency
Example Sentences
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That is enough, they say, for them to earn a living and risk taking cases on a contingency fee basis — meaning, if they lose, they don’t get paid.
From Los Angeles Times
Its putative target is contingency fees, which are typically percentages of the payouts awarded by juries or through negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times
But the report warns that there is a tight construction schedule overall with little contingency in the next five years, so delivery dates could slip further.
From BBC
Maersk said it has contingency plans in place should the security situation deteriorate, which may necessitate reverting individual sailings or the wider service back to the Cape of Good Hope route.
There were no contingencies at that point that the buyer could leverage, so he had no legal right to get out of the contract.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
