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ROYALTY
royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house
(noun) royal persons collectively; “the wedding was attended by royalty”
royalty
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
royalty (countable and uncountable, plural royalties)
The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
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.
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
(figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.
(poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
(Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.
Proper noun
Royalty (plural Royaltys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Royalty is the 19924th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1347 individuals. Royalty is most common among White (95.25%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Roy"al*ty, n.; pl. Royalties. Etym: [OF. roialté, royaulté, F. royauté. See Royal, and cf. Regality.]
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. [Obs.] 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. Sir W. Scott.
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 (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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