residual
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (chiefly in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.Examples: "The tentative deal announced this week by the Writers Guild of America includes many industry-specific aspects, such as the size of writers’ rooms and improved residuals for streaming."; "Because, despite his very small role as shark victim Alex Kintner when he was 12, Voorhees is still being paid residuals – royalties – 50 years later. Every time Jaws is on TV, he earns money. […] “It pays to die,” is how he put it in a recent interview with Syfy."in-plural
2. (statistics) The difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest.
3. (paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.
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