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Royalties
Definition
Royalties are payments made to the owner of a patent, book, or artistic work for the use of that work by others.
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Common collocations
- royalties from books
- artist royalties
- music royalties
- patent royalties
- oil royalties
- pay royalties
- collect royalties
- owe royalties
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Usage note
Royalties typically refer to payments made to the owner of a right (like intellectual property or natural resources) for the use of that right. It is often used in the plural form.
Example sentences
- Her father received royalties for the song he wrote.
- The artist earns royalties every time their song is played on the radio.
- The author was happy to receive high royalties for his latest book.
- The company paid a lot in royalties for the use of the patent.
- The musician's royalties went up after their song was used in a popular movie.
Quotes
Royalties are nothing more than a periodic reminder that you still have that hit you wrote ten years ago. - Paul Stanley
Royalties are my pension. - Terry Pratchett
It's really difficult when you're making a movie, and the studio's paying you and they've got lawyers and they're protecting their investment, and they want to keep everything as close to the chest as they can. - James Royalties