ROYALTY


Meaning of ROYALTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrȯi(-ə)l-tē ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Etymology: Middle English roialte, from Anglo-French realté, roialté, from real

Date: 14th century

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.