royalty
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈrɔɪəlti/
- Specialized
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- After the song reached the top of the charts, he was thrilled to see a substantial royalty payment from the music label.
- pay royalties
- receive royalties
- royalty payments
And how, how much in royalty income have you got from that?
- And how, how much in royalty income have you got from that?
- What about things like royalties, let's say sound exchange?
- So they're making publishing royalties now.
- Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
- Franchise has royalties, right, that we charge our franchisees.
- It'll ensure that the creator or other parties receive royalties each time the NFT is sold.
- One is you get to, you know, to keep the the royalty money that comes in.
- Yeah, we get a yeah, we get a royalty and then they'll be a tech fee.
- And then I said, yeah, you know what, maybe we'll get royalties for that, like as a joke.
- So dude, I've got like almost three ETH in just royalties from people buying and selling me.
- Farmers collect royalties for their leases on their land from gas wells.
Examples
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We're getting $2ooo a month royalty, and it's only just starting.
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His royalties were running out.
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And how, how much in royalty income have you got from that?
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The Commissioner was to fix a royalty or other compensation to be paid for the license.
Academic text (1994) -
Do they still receive royalties if a movie is highly successful?
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It's a brilliant book and I get no royalties from it, which hurts me.
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The court may impose a royalty for infringing sales during the stay period.
Academic text (2017) -
Davidson has turned over his share of the royalties to Florida State University.
Academic text (1994) -
As a result, British manufacturers had to pay U.S. royalties on the penicillin produced in Britain.
Academic text (1994) -
In 1993, the government increased royalties by 47 percent to an average of $22 per cubic meter.
Academic text (1999)
Idioms
- Informal
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3.9
Give someone very special care and attention like a king or queen
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Royalty comes from royal, which once meant the 'king's rights'. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine paying the king for the right to use land or a song, so a royalty is the money paid for that right.