Royalty
WordNet
noun
(1) Royal persons collectively
"The wedding was attended by royalty"
(2) Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
"He received royalties on his book"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.
- payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
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