royalty
/ˈɹɔɪəlti/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Someone in a privileged position.
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