
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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