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A residual is a payment you receive every time the episode, movie or commercial that you worked on is aired. If you recorded a commercial and a few years later it was shown somewhere else in the world or even again where you recorded it, you would receive a residual. If you worked on a movie that has a release in multiple countries, you’d receive a residual for every release. You’d also receive residuals if it later aired on TV.