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Noun
a
monarchs
or other people of
royal
rank
, plus their
families
, treated as a
group
the
rank
,
status
,
power
or
authority
of a monarch
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
on his property.
In the Context of payment made to a
writer
,
composer
,
inventor
etc for the
sale
or
use
of
intellectual property
,
invention
etc.
In the Context of A
king
and a
queen
as a starting hand in
Texas hold 'em
References
Weisenberg, Michael (2000)
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MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Royalty \Roy"al*ty\, n.; pl.
Royalties
. [OF. roialt['e],
royault['e], F. royaut['e]. See
Royal
, and cf.
Regality
.]
1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a
royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
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Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty.
--Holyday.
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2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the
presence of royalty.
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For thus his royalty doth speak. --Shak.
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3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning
regalia. [Obs.]
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Wherefore do I assume
These royalties, and not refuse to reign? --Milton.
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4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
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In his royalty of nature
Reigns that which would be fear'd. --Shak.
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5. Domain; province; sphere. --Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WordNet
royalty
n 1: 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: royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by
royalty" [syn:
royal family
,
royal line
,
royal house
]
Moby Dictionary
FFVs
,
ancestry
,
ancienne noblesse
,
anointed king
,
aristocracy
,
aristocraticalness
,
avails
,
baronage
,
baronetage
,
birth
,
blood
,
blue blood
,
box office
,
caliphate
,
chief
,
chieftain
,
chivalry
,
commission
,
commissions
,
compensation
,
credit
,
credits
,
crowned head
,
cut
,
czardom
,
disposable income
,
distinction
,
dividend
,
dividends
,
dynast
,
earned income
,
earnings
,
elect
,
elite
,
emperor
,
emperorship
,
empery
,
empire
,
gains
,
gate
,
gate receipts
,
genteelness
,
gentility
,
get
,
grand duke
,
gross
,
gross income
,
gross receipts
,
haut monde
,
high chief
,
high life
,
high society
,
honorable descent
,
imperator
,
imperialism
,
income
,
intake
,
kaiserdom
,
kaisership
,
king
,
king-emperor
,
kinghood
,
kinglet
,
kingship
,
knightage
,
lord paramount
,
majesty
,
make
,
monarch
,
net
,
net income
,
net receipts
,
nobility
,
noble birth
,
nobleness
,
noblesse
,
noblesse de robe
,
old nobility
,
output
,
overlord
,
paramount
,
payment
,
peerage
,
percentage
,
petty king
,
potentate
,
prince
,
prince consort
,
proceeds
,
produce
,
profits
,
quality
,
queenhood
,
queenship
,
rajaship
,
rake-off
,
rank
,
receipt
,
receipts
,
receivables
,
regnancy
,
returns
,
revenue
,
royal
,
royal personage
,
royalties
,
ruler
,
share
,
sovereign
,
sovereignty
,
sultanate
,
sultanship
,
suzerain
,
take
,
take-in
,
takings
,
tetrarch
,
the Four Hundred
,
the classes
,
the crown
,
the throne
,
unearned income
,
upper classes
,
upper crust
,
upper ten
,
upper ten thousand
,
uppercut
,
yield
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