conditional promise

conditional promise, defined:
a promise to perform in the event of something else happens.
conditional promise, as it might be used:
Because employees are hired on an at-will basis he is not prevented in bringing a suit against the employer based on an implied promise to increase wages annually. In such a situation, an implied contract based on a conditional promise could be inferred.
An example of conditional promise:
Fergus promised Fiona that he would give up watching baseball when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
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