royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book
A payment made to a company or individual for the use of its/her property, usually an intellectual property
the payment made by publishers to authors and others on sales made; typically a percentage of the recommended retail price in the home market and of the monies received from export sales These payments are frequently set off against an advance and accounted for at six monthly intervals
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book"
A compensation to the author or owner of a copyright paid by the publisher, usually on the percentage of the list price of the book (net price in academic or university press publishing) on each copy sold, but sometimes paid on a percentage of the wholesale price or on the publisher's total receipts No royalty is paid on review copies or on copies sold as remainders A lower rate is paid on reprints, book club editions, and many scholarly works and on copies sold by mail order or exported
{i} sovereignty, royal status or power; kingdom; domain, realm; member of a royal family; percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold
In reference to natural resource properties: An amount of money paid to the owner of a resource-bearing property by a mining company in exchange for the right to extract and sell the resource This compensation is usually proportional to the quality and quantity of the resource extracted
A sum paid to copyright owners for the sale or use of their works or other subject-matter
A percentage of a book's gross or net sales paid to the author as specified in the author/publisher agreement
A payment made for the use of property, especially a patent, copyrighted work, franchise, or natural resource The amount is usually a percentage of revenues obtained through its use
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book
The portion of the sales revenue paid to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold Also, the payment to an inventor for each item sold under a patent
The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty
A regular payment made by the Franchisee owner to the franchise company The amount of the royalty may be a percentage of sales or a fixed recurring fee In addition, royalties are normally paid for the right to use the Franchisor's name
A share of the revenue from the sale of oil, gas or other natural resources paid to a landowner of grantor of a lease or license
money paid to a property owner for extraction of some valuable resource from the land
a payment made in return for being permitted to exercise a right owned by another person Most commonly it is allied to the payment made by a publisher or record producer to the author of a book or performer of a piece of music, but it can apply equally to a payment made for producing something by a patented process
a monarchs or other people of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group
Amounts of money paid by a company operating a mining company to the actual owner of the mineral rights The amount may be based on tonnes produced or by a percentage of revenue or profits
That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc
Payments made to someone whose invention, idea, or property is used by a commercial company can be referred to as royalties. The royalties enabled the inventor to re-establish himself in business
A contractual arrangement providing a mineral interest giving the owner a right to a fractional share of production or proceeds It does not contain rights and obligations of operating a mineral property, and that is normally free and clear of exploration, developmental, and operating costs, except production taxes
Sum paid per unit mailed or sold for the use of a list, an imprimatur, a patent or the like
Royalties are payments made to authors and musicians when their work is sold or performed. They usually receive a fixed percentage of the profits from these sales or performances. I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book
The members of royal families are sometimes referred to as royalty. Royalty and government leaders from all around the world are gathering in Japan
A payment received for the right to exploit a taxpayer's ownership of natural resources or a taxpayer's literary, musical, or artistic creation
Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it
a fee paid for the use of someone elses intangible property, such as the use of a trademark, patent or copyright In international business, a royalty is often paid under a licensing agreement for the use of technology, industrial processes or a brand name Payment is usually based on a flat fee or a percentage of sales revenue, sales volume or production volume
Royalty-Free, or RF, refers to the right to use copyrighted material or intellectual property without the need to pay royalties for each use or per volume sold, or some time period of use or sales
Royalties means payment A claim owner usually receives a percentage of what an operation finds on his claim A grubstaker may also receive a percentage These payments are often referred to as "royalties"
a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of each copy of the book Royalties can range from 3% - 15%, depending on the type of book, amount of experience author has, etc Authors and illustrators are both paid in royalties unless a flat fee arrangement has been made
Money paid to an author by a publisher on the basis of books sold It may be a percentage of the list price, which is the price for which the book supposedly will be sold to a consumer, or of the net price, which is what the publisher actually receives (often 40 percent to 50 percent less than the net price)
The percentage of the cover price you get for every copy of one of your books sold by a publisher For books in print, this may vary from 7-15 percent; for e-books, royalties of 25-50 percent are common
A payment by a lease holder of minerals to the owner of minerals, usually expressed as a percentage of the production sold Royalties are paid on metallic minerals and are collected by the Crown on behalf of the band
A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of each copy of a book Royalties generally range from 3% to 15%, depending on the type of book, amount of experience the author has, its perceived market potential, etc Authors and illustrators are both paid in royalties unless a flat fee arrangement has been made
- An ongoing fee paid to the company by the franchisee on a regular basis, usually calculated as a percentage of sales, but some types of franchises particularly in a service business may establish a set monthly fee This fee compensates the franchisor for providing ongoing support, research & development, head office expenses and is the primary source of profit for the company Therefore the franchisor has a reason to work with each franchisee to make their business as successful as possible as each party benefits