royalty check
Creator's licensing earnings
A royalty check is a payment to someone who earns a percentage of sales or usage—typically authors, musicians, patent holders, or mineral rights owners.
The check represents accumulated royalties over a period: She still gets royalty checks from that song she wrote in the eighties.
For most creators, royalty checks arrive quarterly or semiannually and vary wildly in amount.
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- residualsOngoing compensation for rebroadcasts
- earningsMoney gained from work
- mailboxContainer for delivered mail
- songwriterOne who composes music
author · publisher · licensing · mechanical · streaming · quarterly · statement · revenue · copyright · sync · BMI · ASCAP · music publisher · passive income · advance · recoup · catalog · back catalog
- checkspaycheck, preflight, final review, checkup, checklist
- writer incomeroyalty, advance, book deal
- windfallsjackpot, windfall, grand prize, found money, big win
royalty checksalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
wages · hourly pay · paycheck · fixed income · stipend
royalty checklicensing fee
Payment for authorized use
royalty payment · usage fee · invoice · bill · expense
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