Royalty Royal B C Noun Sovereign Paid Property

roy·al·ty
\\ˈrȯi(-ə)l-tē\\ noun
(plural -ties)1.
  a. royal status or power :

sovereignty

  b. a right or perquisite of a sovereign (as a percentage paid to the crown of gold or silver taken from mines)
2. regal character or bearing :

nobility

3.
  a. persons of royal lineage
  b. a person of royal rank
      how to address royalties — George Santayana
  c. an elite class
4. a right of jurisdiction granted to an individual or corporation by a sovereign
5.
  a. a share of the product or profit reserved by the grantor especially of an oil or mining lease
  b. a payment to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold or to an inventor for each item sold under a patent

royalty
  late 14c., "office or position of a sovereign," from O.Fr. roialte, from V.L. *regalitatem (nom. *regalitas), from L. regalis (see royal). Sense of "prerogatives or rights granted by a sovereign to an individual or corporation" is from late 15c. From that evolved more general senses, such as "payment to a landowner for use of a mine" (1839), and ultimately "payment to an author, composer, etc." for sale or use of his or her work (1857).

royalty
roy·alty / 5rCiElti / noun (pl. -ies)
1. [U] one or more members of a royal family
   王室成员:
   The gala evening was attended by royalty and politicians.
   王室成员和政坛要人参加了这个晚会。
   We were treated like royalty.
   我们受到了君王般的礼遇。
2. [C, usually pl.] a sum of money that is paid to sb who has written a book, piece of music, etc. each time that it is sold or performed
   版税:
   All royalties from the album will go to charity.
   这张音乐专辑的全部版税收入将捐给慈善机构。
   She received £2 000 in royalties.
   她得到了 2 000 英镑的版税。
3. [C, usually pl.] a sum of money that is paid by an oil or mining company to the owner of the land that they are working on
   矿区土地使用费(由采矿或石油公司等付给土地所有人)

roy·al·ty
\ˈrȯi(ə)ltē, ˈrȯ(i)yəl-, -ti\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English roialte, from Middle French roialté, from Old French, from roial royal (from Latin regalis) + -té -ty — more at
1.
 a. : royal status or power :
  < gain royalty by conquest >
 b. royalties plural, archaic
  (1) : the prerogatives of sovereignty
   < assume these royalties, and not refuse to reign — John Milton >
  (2) : emblems of sovereignty
   < royalties which he was wont to adorn himself with when he sat in state — Benjamin Church >
 c. archaic : ,
  < republics were formed upon the ruin of … royalties — Thomas Carte >
2.
 a. obsolete : splendid appearance : ,
 b. : regal character or bearing : ,
  < happiness depends upon the inward royalty of the spirit — W.F.Hambly >
3.
 a.
  (1) : persons of royal lineage
   < marriage customs among the royalty of the Peruvian Inca — Weston La Barre >
  (2) : an embodiment of sovereignty
   < she was royalty and a symbol of the British Empire — United Press >
 b. : a person of royal rank
  < the crowd hangs about … in the hope of seeing a royalty or a raja's jewels — Manchester Guardian Weekly >
  < how to address royalties and persons possessing complicated titles — George Santayana >
 c. : a privileged class
  < the twenty-five hundred a year that marked the economic royalty of Gopher Prairie — Sinclair Lewis >
4.
 a. : a right delegated (as to an individual or corporation) by a sovereign
  < the royalty is vested in the lord of the manor — M.C.Greenwell >
 b. : a landed estate or right of exploitation granted by a sovereign — usually used in plural
  < landed proprietors … became anxious to lease their royalties — F.S.Williams >
 c. Scots law : a township or territory subject to royal jurisdiction
 d. Britain : a tract of coal-mining land or a portion thereof
5.
 a. : a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint
 b. : a percentage paid to the British crown of gold or silver taken from mines or a tax exacted in lieu thereof
 c. : a share of the product or profit of property reserved by the owner when the property is sold, leased, or used or a payment (as a percentage of the amount of property used) to the owner for permitting another to exploit, use, or market such property (as natural resources, patents, or copyrights) which is often subject to depletion with use

6. : 4b