mailbox money

Example Sentences

• "Mailbox money is the idea of having passive income arrive in your mailbox every month with little work.."
• "Shapiro has played small roles on TV shows such as "Will & Grace," "House" and "2 Broke Girls." The residuals she earns from those appearances can be worth anywhere from a few cents to a couple hundred dollars, depending on what shows are in syndication. Shapiro said finding those checks in her mailbox used to bring her joy -- even when that "mailbox money" was miniscule. Now she's petrified to open her mail."
• "What was once called “mailbox money,” referring to the small but steady stream of checks sent to hit songwriters in the pre-digital age, Khaled dubs “forever money.” He explains of a record like 2010’s “All I Do Is Win”: “It’s not like it’s hot this year and it’s over, right? It’s a winner’s anthem for everybody. You hear it in Super Bowls, basketball games, marching bands, at the airport — it’s everywhere.”"
• "“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is the gift that keeps on giving,” McConaughey told the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I think it’s probably my favorite rom-com I’ve done. And a lot of people love that rom-com. It still pays the best ‘mailbox money’ of any film I’ve ever done. By far. … When [home video] used to be just DVDs or cable [instead of streaming or VOD], every March I’d get a big check because of Valentine’s Day.”"
• "Brent Rowell leased 60 acres in east Texas for $250 an acre and what he thought was an exceptional 20% cut of whatever the wells produced -- monthly royalty checks known in these parts as “mailbox money.”"
• "Gerald and Kitten Dowden have a name for the blessing that’s changed their lives and that of their family: “mailbox money.” Not long ago they found that their Shreveport, La., home sits atop a natural-gas well, and now they receive six-figure checks for the hard work of staying put."