ALL meanings of royalty
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R r - noun royalty royal people 1
- noun royalty payment 1
- noun royalty law: royal right 1
- noun plural royalty royal persons collectively. 1
- noun plural royalty royal status, dignity, or power; sovereignty: to be elevated to royalty. 1
- noun plural royalty a person of royal lineage; member of a royal family. 1
- noun plural royalty royalties, Archaic. prerogatives, rights, or symbolic emblems of a king, queen, or other sovereign. 1
- noun plural royalty a royal domain; kingdom; realm. 1
- noun plural royalty character or quality proper to or befitting a sovereign; nobility. 1
- noun plural 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. 1
- noun plural royalty 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. 1
- noun plural royalty a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign to a person or corporation. 1
- noun plural royalty the payment made for such a right. 1
- uncountable noun royalty The members of royal families are sometimes referred to as royalty. 0
- noun plural royalty Royalties are payments made to authors and musicians when their work is sold or performed. They usually receive a fixed percentage of the profits from these sales or performances. 0
- countable noun royalty Payments made to someone whose invention, idea, or property is used by a commercial company can be referred to as royalties. 0
- noun royalty the rank, power, or position of a king or queen 0
- noun royalty royal persons collectively 0
- noun royalty one who belongs to the royal family 0
- noun royalty any quality characteristic of a monarch; kingliness or regal dignity 0
- noun royalty 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 0
- noun royalty the rank, status, or power of a king or queen; royal position, dignity, etc.; sovereignty 0
- noun royalty a royal person or, collectively, royal persons 0
- noun royalty a royal domain or realm; kingdom 0
- noun royalty royal quality or character; nobility, magnanimity, etc. 0
- noun royalty a right, privilege, or prerogative of a monarch 0
- noun royalty a royal right, as over some natural resource, granted by a monarch to a person, corporation, etc. 0
- noun royalty payment for such a right 0
- noun royalty a share of the proceeds or product paid to the owner of a right, as a patent, for permission to use it or operate under it 0
- noun royalty such a share paid to one from whom lands rich in oil or minerals are leased 0
- noun royalty a share of proceeds, usually a specified percentage, paid for the work of an author, composer, etc. by the publisher 0