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Share This roy·al·ty Audio Help / ˈrɔɪ / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ roi -uh ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -ties. 1. royal persons collectively.
2. royal status, dignity, or power; sovereignty: to be elevated to royalty.
3. a person of royal lineage; member of a royal family.
4. royalties, Archaic .
5. a royal domain; kingdom; realm.
6. character or quality proper to or befitting a sovereign; nobility.
7. a compensation or portion of the proceeds paid to the owner of a right, as a patent or oil or mineral right, for the use of it.
8. an agreed portion of the income from a work paid to its author, composer, etc., usually a percentage of the retail price of each copy sold.
9. a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign to a person or corporation.
10. the payment made for such a right.
[Origin:
1350–1400; ME
roialte < OF.
See royal , -ty 2 ]
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pl. roy·al·ties
A person of royal rank or lineage.
Monarchs and their families considered as a group.
The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.
The payment for such a right.
A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.
The lineage or rank of a monarch.
The power, status, or authority of a monarch.
Royal quality or bearing.
A kingdom or possession ruled by a monarch.
A right or prerogative of the crown, as that of receiving a percentage of the proceeds from mines in the royal domain.
The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.
The payment for such a right.
A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.
A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.
A share of the profit or product reserved by the grantor, especially of an oil or mining lease. Also called override .
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1398," office or position of a sovereign," from O.Fr.
roialte, from V.L.
*regalitatem (nom.
*regalitas ), from L.
regalis (see
royal ). Sense of "prerogatives or rights granted by a sovereign to an individual or corporation" is from 1483. From that evolved more general senses, such as "payment to a landowner for use of a mine" (1839), and ultimately "payment to an author, composer, etc." for sale or use of his or her work (1857).
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Share This royalty noun 1. payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book" 2. royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty"
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Share This ˈroyalty 1 noun —
plural ˈroyalties
a payment made to a writer, recording artist
etc for every book, record
etc sold
Arabic: عَوائِد المُؤَلِّف Chinese (Simplified): 版税 Chinese (Traditional): 版稅 Czech: autorský honorář Danish: royalty Dutch: royalty Estonian: autoritasu Finnish: tekijänpalkkio French: redevance, droits d'auteur German: die Tantieme Greek: πνευματικά δικαιώματα Hungarian: (szerzői) jogdíj Icelandic: höfundarlaun, *-prósenta; höfundarréttargreiðsla Indonesian: royalti Italian: (diritti d'autore)
Japanese: 印税 Latvian: (autora) honorārs Lithuanian: honoraras, procentinis autorinis atlyginimas Norwegian: royalty; forfatterhonorar, lisensavgift Polish: tantiema Portuguese (Brazil): royalty Portuguese (Portugal): direito de autor Romanian: drept de autor Russian: авторский гонорар Slovak: autorský honorár Slovenian: tantiema Spanish: derechos de autor Swedish: royalty Turkish: yapıt, *telif hakkı
ˈroyalty 2 noun
the state of being royal, or royal people in general
Example:
The commands of royalty must be obeyed.
Arabic: مَلَكِيَّه Chinese (Simplified): 王权 Chinese (Traditional): 王權 Czech: královská rodina , * hodnost Danish: medlem af kongehuset Dutch: koningschap, koninklijke familie Estonian: kuninglik perekond Finnish: kuninkaalliset French: royauté; membres de la famille royale German: das Königtum Greek: βασιλικός, βασιλική οικογένεια Icelandic: konungdómur, kóngafólk Indonesian: kaum bangsawan Italian: sovranità, autorità regale*
Japanese: 王権 Latvian: valdnieki; karaliskās ģimenes locekļi Lithuanian: karaliðkosios ðeimos nariai Norwegian: kongeverdighet, kongelig(e) person(er) Polish: królewskość, władza, *rodzina królewska Portuguese (Brazil): realeza, membro da família real Portuguese (Portugal): realeza Romanian: regalitate; familie regală Russian: член(ы) королевской семьи Slovak: kráľovská hodnosť; kráľovská rodina Spanish: realeza, miembro de la familia real Swedish: kunglig person, kunglighet Turkish: krallık
See also: royalist ,
royal ,
royal blue ,
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Share This royalty A payment made for some right or privilege, as when a publisher pays a royalty to an author for the author's granting the publisher the right to sell the author's book.
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The compensation that is paid to the owner of an asset based on income earned by the asset's user. For example, an oil company pays royalties to the owners of mineral rights,
and a book publisher compensates its authors with royalty payments. Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: roy·al·ty noun plural -ties 1 : a right delegated (as to an individual or corporation) by a
sovereign2 a : a share of the profit or product reserved by the grantor esp. of an oil or mineral lease —compare OVERRIDING ROYALTY b : a payment made to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold or to an inventor for each article sold under a patent
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Im*pe`ri*al"i*ty\, n.; pl.
Imperialities . 1. Imperial power.
2. An imperial right or privilegs. See
Royalty .
The late empress having, by ukases of grace, relinquished her imperialities on the private mines, viz., the tenths of the copper, iron, silver and gold. --W. Tooke.
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