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royalty

[roi-uhl-tee]

noun

plural

royalties 
  1. royal persons collectively.

  2. royal status, dignity, or power; sovereignty.

    to be elevated to royalty.

  3. a person of royal lineage; member of a royal family.

  4. Archaic.Ìýroyalties, prerogatives, rights, or symbolic emblems of a king, queen, or other sovereign.

  5. a royal domain; kingdom; realm.

  6. character or quality proper to or befitting a sovereign; nobility.

  7. the most well-known and admired member or members of a particular field or category.

    Her parents are Hollywood royalty. The brand is royalty among champagnes.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign to a person or corporation.

  11. the payment made for such a right.



royalty

/ ˈ°ùɔɪə±ô³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the rank, power, or position of a king or queen

    1. royal persons collectively

    2. one who belongs to the royal family

  2. any quality characteristic of a monarch; kingliness or regal dignity

  3. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

royalty

  1. A payment made for some right or privilege, as when a publisher pays a royalty to an author for the author's granting the publisher the right to sell the author's book.

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • nonroyalty noun
  • preroyalty noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of royalty1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English roialte, from Middle French, Old French °ù´Ç¾±²¹±ô³Ùé, derivative of roial; royal, -ty 2
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Meta also unsuccessfully tried to obtain a license for Eminem’s songs as part of negotiations with the digital music royalty company Audiam even though the firm didn’t have the authority to give them that license.

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“People always referred to Linda as sitcom royalty, and we quickly found out that that was true.â€

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Madder accuses JYP of underpaying her and failing to deliver promised royalties and a share of the revenue from the group.

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The artist still earns royalties, but controlling the masters offers protection over how the work is used in future.

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But she’s now honed her stagecraft to be on par with any pop royalty.

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