royalty

roy·al·ty  (roil-t)

n. pl. roy·al·ties

1.

a. A person of royal rank or lineage.

b. Monarchs and their families considered as a group.

2. The lineage or rank of a monarch.

3. The power, status, or authority of a monarch.

4. Royal quality or bearing.

5. A kingdom or possession ruled by a monarch.

6. A right or prerogative of the crown, as that of receiving a percentage of the proceeds from mines in the royal domain.

7.

a. The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.

b. The payment for such a right.

8.

a. A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.

b. A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.

9. 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

Noun

pl -ties

1. royal people

2. the rank or power of a king or queen

3. a percentage of the revenue from the sale of a book, performance of a work, use of a patented invention or of land, paid to the author, inventor, or owner

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Royalty royal persons collectively, 1480.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	royalty - payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book" payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
	2.	royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" royal family, royal house, royal line house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York" Hanoverian line, House of Hanover, Hanover - the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria) Habsburg, Hapsburg - a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 Hohenzollern - a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Lancaster - the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose Plantagenet, Plantagenet line - the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485 Romanoff, Romanov - the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I Stuart - the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714 House of York, York - the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose Highness - (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person king, male monarch, Rex - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) princess - a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) female monarch, queen regnant, queen - a female sovereign ruler queen - the wife or widow of a king

Translations

royalty [ˈrɔɪəltɪ] n (= royal persons) → (miembros mpl de la) familia real (= payment to author); derechos mpl de autor

royalty [ˈrɔɪəltɪ] royal n (= royal persons) → (membres mpl de la) famille royale (= payment) (to author) → droits mpl d'auteur: (to inventor) → royalties fpl

royalty [ˈrɔɪəltɪ] royal n (royal persons) → die königliche Familie;

royalties npl (to author) → Tantiemen pl;

(to inventor) → Honorar nt

royalty [ˈrɔɪəltɪ] n (= royal persons) → (membri mpl della) famiglia reale;

(payment) (to author) → diritti mpl d'autore: (to inventor) → diritti di brevetto