Word Finder - royalties

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The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

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People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.

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A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.

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The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

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(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.

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Someone in a privileged position.

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A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

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The bounds of a royal burgh.

But the strange odyssey of the royalties had one last, curious footnote.

The gross income for the year 1907 amounted to £2,702,228, of which £257,920 was paid to the Post Office in respect of royalties.

The right to mine for rubies by European methods and to levy royalties from persons working by native methods was leased to the Burma Ruby Mines Company, Limited, in 1889, and the lease was renewed in 1896 for 14 years at a rent of Rs.3,15,000 a year plus a share of the profits.

The national government, after reserving the mineral lands (1807) and attempting to lease them, concluded in 1847 to sell them, owing to the difficulty of preventing illegal entry and collecting royalties.

All tithes have been abolished, except those on cereals, carobs, silk cocoons, and, in the form of to% ad valorem export duties, those on cotton, linseed, aniseed and raisins (all other export duties and a fishing tax have been abolished); (4) sheep, goat, and pig tax; (5) an excise on wine, spirits and tobacco; (6) import duties; (7) stamps, court fees, royalties, licenses, &c.; (8) salt monopoly.

As the rentf and royalties, excepting those on the turquoise mines, amount to about one-fifth of the net proceeds, it may be estimated that th value of the annual output does not exceed 50,000, while thi intrinsic value of the ores, particularly those of lead, iron, cohali and nickel, which have not yet been touched can be estimated al millions.

The goldfields of Minas Geraes in Brazil, discovered about 1693, brought a vast revenue in royalties to the Crown, which was thus enabled to govern without summoning the cortes to vote supply.

Revenue is derived from an ad valorem tax on all imports; the purchase and sale of animals; from royalties on trading concessions, and in other ways, including fees for the administration of justice.

In six years the work was completed in seventy-two volumes, and immediately achieved a general popularity; the publisher made a fortune out of it, and Cantu's royalties amounted, it is said, to 300,000 lire (12,000).

The public revenues are derived from import duties on foreign merchandise, from export duties on national produce, from internal taxes and royalties on liquors, cigarettes and tobacco, matches, hides and salt, from rentals of state emerald mines and pearl fisheries, from stamped paper, from port dues and from postal and telegraph charges.

Revenue is derived chiefly from a poll-tax on natives of £I per annum, concession rents, royalties and customs. For the period1904-1909the revenue - apart from loans - was about £40,000 a year, the normal expenditure being approximately the same amount.

The revenues of the state are derived mainly from the general property tax, fees, licences, dispensary profits and phosphate royalties.

Versailles, where the delicate refinements of Italy and the grave politeness of Spain were fused and mingled with French vivacity, became the centre of national life and a model for foreign royalties; hence if Versailles has played a considerable part in the history of civilization, it also seriously modified the life of France.

Despite the birth of a dauphin (September 1729), which cut short the Spanish intrigues, the reconciliation was a lasting one (treaty of Seville); it led to common action in Italy, and to the installation of Spanish royalties at Parma, Piacenza, and soon after at Naples.

This argument to the pocket quickly had its effect, and licences were applied for in such numbers that, in royalties for the use of his process, Bessemer received a sum in all considerably exceeding a million sterling.

It is reported that of the 6,000 Chinese farms which grow carnations, fewer than ten actually pay royalties to the Japanese company.

All the rights and royalties of the river crake belong to this manor, which is the property of Colonel Braddyll.

The young tykes who wrote it will get tuppence in royalties, which just might go toward paying their Prozac bills.

The recently created royalties sought from the papacy the conservation of their titles and the benediction of their crowns, and placed themselves voluntarily in its vassalage.

Finally, you might argue that fees paid as royalties to the owners of the intellectual property needed to build the Mercedes for $50 will not fall by a thousandfold.

How much are songwriting royalties worth for this little exploit?

Another server keeps a track of the royalties owed to performers for each sale of their recording.

I 've never been paid all royalties for the five hundred songs I 've composed.

Artists ' earnings ability is being attacked in other ways - across Europe, mechanical royalties are under attack from increasingly powerful labels.

Should non- EU nationals resident in the UK enjoy resale royalties?

In the middle of this trough came an unexpected turn of events which resulted in another windfall in publishing royalties.

Also that all copyright royalties are the entire responsibility of the person or persons placing the order.

They also claim that the government will pay out more in export rebates than it will receive in mining royalties.

They are in the market for anything from short stories to full-length novels, and pay 37 per cent royalties.

Withholding taxes, currently being 5.25 %, are only imposed on royalties paid to non-resident recipients not related to the payers.

The royalties from the book still pay for the upkeep of a rose garden at Bury Abbey.

The reason for that was due to the gift being from the royalties of his book in which he justified targeted violence against civilians.

In order to legally distribute CD wedding favors, you will need to obtain permission so that royalties can be paid to whom they are due.

Well, we all know it certainly isn't from his royalties for Playing with Fire.

A part of the fee from the subscription goes towards paying royalties to the the publishers and developers of the games.

Sadly, after all of this, the Tetris creator (Pazhitnov) did not get any royalties for the game until 1995.

In 1996, Pajitnov formed The Tetris Company LLC in an attempt to get royalties from his Tetris brand.

Singer had to pay Howe patent royalties from each machine sold.

The royalties from the sales of Monopoly made Darrow a millionaire.

Some songwriters receive an advance, which is charged against future royalties, or an outright upfront payment for their song, although some do not.

The real bread and butter for songwriters is royalties.

Mechnical Royalties - Royalties paid when a recorded version of one of their songs is sold.

Performance Rights Royalties - Royalties paid when one of their songs is performed live or in some countries, when it is played on the radio.

While they do not make royalties or benefit from long-term credits, ghost writing provides the author with practical writing experience and a pay check.

It's not uncommon for writers to make $100 or more per month in royalties from their eHow articles.

Write articles on the topic of your choice at Associated Content for a chance to earn both an upfront payment and ongoing royalties.

Agents must negotiate with publishers over issues relating to rights, contracts, and royalties in order to make sure their clients' interests are protected.

Royalty Payments - In some cases, ghost writers are paid royalties on the sale of their work.

The prize for the contest is a publishing contract for a hardcover and paperback edition of the novel, $1,500 in cash and a $7,500 advance against royalties.

In 2008, the Performing Rights Society, which is the UK association tasked with collecting royalties on behalf of member musicians, conducted a study to identify the most recognized music in Great Britain.