Found 2 items, similar to Royalty.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: royalty 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Royalty 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. [1913 Webster] Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. --Holyday. [1913 Webster] 2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty. [1913 Webster] For thus his royalty doth speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Wherefore do I assume These royalties, and not refuse to reign? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority. [1913 Webster] In his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Domain; province; sphere. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]