印いん税ぜい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

royalty; author's royalty

Primarily refers to royalties paid to authors, composers, or creators based on book sales, music sales, or similar intellectual property usage.

〈人ひと〉に印いん税ぜいを払はらうto pay royalties to someone
出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃは作さっ家かに印いん税ぜいを払はらう。
The publisher pays royalties to the author.
印いん税ぜいが入はいるroyalties come in (as income)
本ほんが売うれるたびに印いん税ぜいが入はいる。
Royalties come in every time the book sells.
印いん税ぜいで生せい活かつするto live off royalty income
その作さっ家かは印いん税ぜいで生せい活かつしている。
That author lives off his royalty income.

ロイヤリティ
印税 specifically means the royalty paid to authors or musicians from sales, while ロイヤリティ is the broader loanword used for licensing or royalty payments in any business context.
使し用よう料りょうN3
印税 refers narrowly to royalties from published books, music, etc., whereas 使用料 is a general term for any usage or licensing fee.

印いん紙し税ぜい
印税 is the royalty paid to a creator for sales, while 印紙税 is a government stamp duty tax on certain documents; the words look and sound alike but mean very different things.

Compound of 印 (seal, stamp) and 税 (tax), originally referring to a stamp tax on publications, later shifting to mean the royalty paid to authors.