Synonyms: residual
Definition: (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
Usage: he could retire on his residuals
Similar words: payment
Definition: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
Synonyms: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, remainder
Definition: something left after other parts have been taken away
Usage: there was no remainder; he threw away the rest; he took what he wanted and I got the balance
Similar words: part, portion, constituent, component, component part
Definition: something determined in relation to something that includes it
Usage: he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself; I read a portion of the manuscript; the smaller component is hard to reach; the animal constituent of plankton