contingency fee
noun[C]
ukus(alsocontingent fee)LAW
amethodofpayingsomeone such as alawyerin which nomoneyispaiduntil aparticularaimisachieved, forexamplegetting asaleorcontractor asuccessfulresultin acourtoflaw:
a contingency fee agreement/arrangement/systemTheclientsignedacontingencyfeeagreementthatpromisedthelawyer40% of thefinalsettlementorjudgment.