royalty

[ roi-uh l-tee ]

/ ˈrɔɪ əl ti /

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noun, plural roy·al·ties.

royal persons collectively.

royal status, dignity, or power; sovereignty: to be elevated to royalty.

a person of royal lineage; member of a royal family.

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

a royal domain; kingdom; realm.

character or quality proper to or befitting a sovereign; nobility.

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.

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.

a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign to a person or corporation.

the payment made for such a right.

Origin of royalty

1350–1400; Middle English roialte < Old French. See royal, -ty²

OTHER WORDS FROM royalty

non·roy·al·ty, noun, plural non·roy·al·ties. pre·roy·al·ty, noun, plural pre·roy·al·ties.

Words nearby royalty

royal we, royal worcester, royale, royalist, royall, royalty, royce, royster, rozener, rozzer, rp

Example sentences from the Web for royalty

He is as well-connected with rock stars as he is with royalty.

William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty |Tim Teeman |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Afghanistan artist who designed the cards receives a royalty on all packages sold.

The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Angelina Jolie in Your Life |Allison McNearney |November 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
From expensive art to rigs, exotic animals to royalty, the requests kept coming.

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Saving gorillas with royalty, can Congress toke up and the NSA chief profited even as he had AT&T spy on you.

7 Must-Read Stories About A Belgian Prince, Weed in Congress and NSA Profiteering: The Best of The Beast |William Boot |November 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This allows for artist compensation based on revenue rather than royalty, as Spotify does.

Taylor Swift Dumps Spotify, Igniting Turf War Between Spotify and Apple |Dale Eisinger |November 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When surrounded by the splendors of royalty, she frequently retired to weep over deficiencies which it was too late to repair.

Maria Antoinette |John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Herein is the extreme value of the numberless scions of Royalty with which England is over-blessed.

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 |Charles L. Graves
It was a peculiarity of this man that he always spoke, like royalty, in the first person plural.

HE |Andrew Lang
Expectations of personal advantages through the favor of royalty did not enter into the formation of his opinions.

Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States |Martin Van Buren
The present tendency of things is evidently towards a crisis, all the chances of which are opposed to royalty.

History of the Girondists, Volume I |Alphonse de Lamartine

British Dictionary definitions for royalty

royalty

/ (ˈrɔɪəltɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the rank, power, or position of a king or queen

royal persons collectively
one who belongs to the royal family

any quality characteristic of a monarch; kingliness or regal dignity

a percentage of the revenue from the sale of a book, performance of a theatrical work, use of a patented invention or of land, etc, paid to the author, inventor, or proprietor

Cultural definitions for royalty

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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noun, plural roy·al·ties.

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royalty

noun, plural roy·al·ties.

Origin of royalty

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