ROYALTY


Meaning of ROYALTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɔɪəlti ]

( royalties)

1.

The members of royal families are sometimes referred to as royalty .

Royalty and government leaders from all around the world are gathering in Japan.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Royalties are payments made to authors and musicians when their work is sold or performed. They usually receive a fixed percentage of the profits from these sales or performances.

I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book.

N-PLURAL

3.

Payments made to someone whose invention, idea, or property is used by a commercial company can be referred to as royalties .

The royalties enabled the inventor to re-establish himself in business.

N-COUNT : usu pl

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