payments of a royalty的意思|示意

The question is whether the issue of digital royalties is even a big enough issue yet to warrant a massive debate on royalty payments.

现在的问题是，关于数字版权收益之争是否已经成为一个足够大的行业问题而被业界所争论不休。

Royalty payments are made only twice a year. How could I pay you ahead of time?

不能，版税一年只能结算两次，现在还不到时候，我怎好付给你呢？

The companies have not disclosed financial details but analysts estimate the Finnish group could receive hundreds of millions of dollars a year from royalty payments on every iPhone sold.

这两家公司都没有透露索赔细节，但据分析人士认为，诺基亚将会每年获得上亿美元的赔偿，这些钱来自每一部卖出的iphone手机所获得巨额利润。

But the potential reward is substantial: annual royalty payments from a handful of courses would be enough to fund one's retirement.

但是潜在的奖励也是丰富的：每年大把的球场都会给奖金，很容易就会攒够养老金。