RESIDUAL

Residual

A residual is a payment made to the creator of performance art for subsequent showings or screenings of the work. A typical use is in the payment of residuals for television reruns. The word is often used in the plural form.

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residual

Noun

  1. A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  2. Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.

Adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.


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