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roy·al·ty

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–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. prerogatives, rights, or symbolic emblems of a king, queen, or other sovereign.

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, -ty²

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roy·al·ty Audio Help (roi'əl-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. roy·al·ties

1. A person of royal rank or lineage.
2. Monarchs and their families considered as a group.
3. The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.
4. The payment for such a right.
5. A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
6. 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.
1. The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.
2. The payment for such a right.
3. A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
4. A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.
1. A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.
2. 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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royalty

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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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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ˈroyalty1 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

ˈroyalty2 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, kongelige personer
Polish:	królewskość, władza, rodzina królewska
Portuguese (Brazil):	realeza, membro da família real
Portuguese (Portugal):	realeza
Romanian:	regalitate; familie regală
Russian:	члены 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

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - 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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Royalty

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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