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Webster 1913 Edition
Royalty
Roy′al-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Royalties
(#)
. 1.
The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
Royalty
by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday.
2.
The person of a king or sovereign; majesty;
as, in the presence of
. royalty
For thus his
royalty
doth speak. Shakespeare
3.
An emblem of royalty; – usually in the plural, meaning regalia.
[Obs.]
Wherefore do I assume
These
These
royalties
, and not refuse to reign? Milton.
4.
Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
In his
Reigns that which would be fear’d.
royalty
of natureReigns that which would be fear’d.
Shakespeare
5.
Domain; province; sphere.
Sir W. Scott.
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.
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.
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. Webster 1828 Edition
Royalty
ROY'ALTY
,Noun.
1.
Kingship; the character, state or office of a king.Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty.
2.
Royalties, plu. emblems of royalty; regalia.3.
Rights of a king; prerogatives.Definition 2024
royalty
royalty
English
Noun
royalty (countable and uncountable, plural royalties)
- 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 on his property.
- (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (figuratively) Someone in a privileged position
- 2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London:
- England will have another manager for the next World Cup, Hodgson’s reign will be defined by a result comparable to losing to the United States in the 1950 World Cup and the now-familiar inquest will begin again in a country that likes to see itself as football royalty.
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- (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
Translations
rank, status, etc. of a monarch
monarch and their families treated as a group
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royal right or prerogative
payment for exploiting mineral rights
payment made to owner of intellectual property
Texas hold'em: king and a queen as a starting hand
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523