royalty payment

基本解释

The deal establishes a two-tier royalty payment system for companies — such as the popular service offered by Pandora — that broadcast music over the Internet.
這個協議爲在網絡上播放音樂的公司——比如很受歡迎的“潘多拉”——槼劃了一個雙層版權費支付系統。
Apple analyst Gene Munster thinks Nokia is looking to extract a royalty payment of 1 percent to 2 percent of every iPhone sold from Apple, which would be about $6 to $12 per phone.
蘋果分析師 Gene Munster 認爲，諾基亞希望從蘋果賣出的每部 iPhone 上收取1%到2%的版稅，大約爲每部手機6到12美元。
Licensing means granting to another producer—for a fee or royalty payment—the right to use one's production process, patents, trademarks, or other assets.
許可貿易是指授予另外一家廠商（通過支付許可費或專利權使用費）使用本企業的工藝流程，專利，商標或其他資産的權力。
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What Apple is actually offering is a fixed royalty payment which is indeed lower.
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Dolby expects to receive only one royalty payment per device containing these technologies.
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When an AM or FM radio station plays a song, the composer gets a royalty payment, but the performer doesn't.
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