- plural of royalty.
royalties
Example Sentences
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"It's undoubtedly better than before. Before, this oil wasn't being extracted; if no one extracts it, no one pays royalties, and no one profits from it," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
As the sole writer of “I Will Always Love You,” Parton earned a handsome sum in songwriting royalties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Global sales of the song topped 20 million, earning Parton more than $10m in royalties, according to business magazine Forbes.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
After Whitney Houston scored a massive hit with “I Will Always Love You” in the early 1990s, she invested some of her royalties from the song in a Black neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
An extraordinarily wealthy man with a passion for chess, he wanted to pay Bobby some of the royalties that were due him.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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