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1. (n.) royalty
royal persons collectively.
2. royalty
royal status, dignity, or power; sovereignty.
3. royalty
a person of royal lineage; member of a royal family.
4. royalty
Usu., royalties. prerogatives or rights of a sovereign.
5. royalty
a royal domain; kingdom; realm.
6. royalty
character or quality proper to or befitting a sovereign; nobility.
7. royalty
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. royalty
an agreed portion of the income from a work paid to its author, composer, etc., usu. a percentage of the retail price of each copy sold.
9. royalty
a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign to a person or corporation.
10. royalty
the payment made for such a right.
Etymology: (1825–35)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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"
2. (noun) royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house
royal persons collectively
"the wedding was attended by royalty"
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1. royalty
kings, queens, princes and princesses, etc.
He expects to be treated like royalty.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) royalty
the state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty
2. (noun) royalty
the person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty
3. (noun) royalty
an emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia
4. (noun) royalty
kingliness; spirit of regal authority
5. (noun) royalty
domain; province; sphere
6. (noun) royalty
that which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality
7. (noun) royalty
a share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property
8. (noun) royalty
hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it
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Sense: a payment made to a writer, recording artist etc for every book, record etc sold.
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 Afrikaans: tantieme |
 Arabic: عَوائِد المُؤَلِّف |
 Bulgarian: хонорар |
 Brazilian: direito autorais |
 Czech: autorský honorář |
 German: die Tantieme |
 Danish: royalty |
 Greek: πνευματικά δικαιώματα |
 Spanish: derechos de autor |
 Estonian: autoritasu |
 Farsi: حق التالیف |
 Finnish: tekijänpalkkio |
 French: redevance, droits d'auteu |
 Hebrew: תָמלוּגִים |
 Hindi: ग्रन्थकार का प्राप्य अंश |
 Croatian: tantijeme (od autorskog p |
 Hungarian: (szerzői) jogdíj |
 Indonesian: royalti |
 Icelandic: höfundarlaun/-prósenta; h |
 Italian: (diritti d'autore) |
 Japanese: 印税 |
 Korean: 로열티, 저작권 사용료 |
 Lithuanian: honoraras, procentinis au |
 Latvian: (autora) honorārs |
 Malay: royalti |
 Dutch: royalty |
 Norwegian: royalty; forfatterhonorar |
 Polish: tantiema |
 Persian: حق التالیف |
 Pashto: حق التالیف |
 Portuguese: direito de autor |
 Romanian: drept de autor |
 Russian: авторский гонорар |
 Slovak: autorský honorár |
 Slovenian: tantiema |
 Serbian: autorski honorar |
 Swedish: royalty |
 Thai: ค่าลิขสิทธิ์ |
 Turkish: yapıt/telif hakkı |
 Taiwanese: 版稅 |
 Ukrainian: авторський гонорар |
 Urdu: حق تصنیف یا ایجاد ما معاو |
 Vietnamese: nhuận bút |
 Chinese: 版税 |
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