[, ] ( royalties) () an amount of money that is paid for the right to use the property of another person, such as the owner of a copyright or patent . A particular amount is paid each time their book, product, etc. is sold or their work performed版税；特许权使用费；专利使用费◆She received $5 000 in royalties.她收到了 5000 元版税。◆a 12% royalty on sales of the drug这种药品销售额 12% 的专利使用费◆royalty fees/payments/rates/revenue版税费／支出／费率／收入an amount of money that is paid by an oil or mining company to the owner of the land that they are working on采矿权转让费