Royalty
['rɒɪəltɪ] or ['rɔɪəlti]
Definition
(noun.) royal persons collectively; 'the wedding was attended by royalty'.
(noun.) payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; 'he received royalties on his book'.
Edited by Angus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
(n.) The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
(n.) An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.
(n.) Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
(n.) Domain; province; sphere.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Caleb
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Kingship, kingcraft, sovereignty.[2]. Percentage (as on copyright).
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Examples
- Royalty payments must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A very crestfallen coachload of royalty returned to Paris and was received by vast crowds--_in silence_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At all hours of the day and night the sailors in the forecastle amused themselves and aggravated us by burlesquing our visit to royalty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Graham, in sending tickets, had enjoined attention to costume as a compliment due to royalty: he also recommended punctual readiness by seven o'clock. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There the suggestion brought constantly to his mind is, that this place is sacred to a nobler royalty--the royalty of heart and brain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On the other side, the Bell Company agreed to buy the Western Union telephone system, to pay them a royalty of twenty per cent. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Its fur was formerly one of the insignia of royalty, and is still used by judges. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Is it a good sign, that he wishes to see Royalty and Nobility? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Royalty was gone; had been besieged in its Palace and suspended, when the last tidings came over. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In England, for example, the Microscopic Company paid $7500 down and agreed to a royalty, while arrangements were effected also in France, Russia, and other countries. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In return for its voluntary retirement from the telephonic field, the Western Union Telegraph Company, under this contract, received a royalty of 20 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In six years his royalties increased from $300 a year to over $200,000 a year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Howe won his suit, and the infringers were obliged to pay him royalties, which, for a time, amounted to $25 on each machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If you'd even managed to have them asked once on the Sabrina--especially when royalties were coming! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He claimed to use instruments entirely different from those patented by Morse, and so to be free from the payment of royalties. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In six years his royalties had grown from $300 to $200,000 a year, and in 1863 his royalties were estimated at $4,000 a day. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The royalties from Boston, ever intellectually awake and ready for something new, ran as high as $1800 a week. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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