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Definition of Royalty
1. Noun. 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. Royal persons collectively. "The wedding was attended by royalty"
Generic synonyms: House
Specialized synonyms: Hanover, Hanoverian Line, House Of Hanover, Habsburg, Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, House Of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancastrian Line, Plantagenet, Plantagenet Line, Romanoff, Romanov, Saxe-coburg-gotha, Stuart, House Of York, York
Member holonyms: Highness, King, Male Monarch, Rex, Prince, Princess, Female Monarch, Queen, Queen Regnant, Queen
Definition of Royalty
1. n. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
Definition of Royalty
1. Noun. The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch. ¹
2. Noun. People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group. ¹
3. Noun. A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right ¹
4. Noun. The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property. ¹
5. Noun. (context: by extension) payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc. ¹
6. Noun. (context: poker slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Royalty
1. the status or power of a monarch [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Royalty
1. 1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. "Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty." (Holyday) 2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty. "For thus his royalty doth speak." (Shak) 3. An emblem of royalty; usually in the plural, meaning regalia. "Wherefore do I assume These royalties, and not refuse to reign?" (Milton) 4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority. "In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd." (Shak) 5. Domain; province; sphere. 6. 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. 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. Hence, 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. Origin: OF. Roialte, royaulte, F. Royaute. See Royal, and cf. Regality. (11 Mar 1998)
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