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Royalty

name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    royal persons collectively wordnet
  3. 3
    People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group. countable, uncountable

    "Wolferton was an important station on the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line, which closed in 1969. As the station was convenient for the Sandringham estate, it was regularly patronised by royalty, and royal retiring rooms were provided."

  4. 4
    payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property wordnet
  5. 5
    A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc. broadly, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received. countable, uncountable

    "Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties."

  4. 9
    Someone in a privileged position. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "England will have another manager for the next World Cup, Hodgson’s reign will be defined by a result comparable to losing to the United States in the 1950 World Cup and the now-familiar inquest will begin again in a country that likes to see itself as football royalty."

  5. 10
    A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. countable, slang, uncountable
  6. 11
    The bounds of a royal burgh. Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality.

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