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Drawdown may refer to: Drawdown (economics), decline in the value of an investment, below its all-time high. Drawdown (hydrology), a lowering of a reservoir or a change in hydraulic head in an aquifer, typically due to pumping a well.
Contingency Fees Law & Legal Definition. Contingency fees are an arrangement for payment for an attorney's services, in which the attorney is paid out of the recovery awarded to the client.Contingency fees are usually between a fourth and a third of the amount awarded.n some states the percentage (or the maximum percentage) that a lawyer may charge by way of a contingency fee is set by law. Contingent fees are not allowed in criminal matters and rarely permitted in family law cases. They are also referred to as contingent fees.