easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance. vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: She has a fragile beauty. lacking in substance or force; flimsy: a fragile excuse.
unearned revenue - (accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet) unearned income. accounting - a system that provides quantitative information about finances. income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time.
A fee paid to an actor or other performer for a rerun of a program in which he/she was part of the cast. An advertiser or a broadcaster may pay the fee, which is set in a union contract. It is also called a residual fee.