roy ‧ al ‧ ty /ˈrɔɪəlti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural royalties )
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ royal , ↑ royalist , ↑ royalty ; adjective : ↑ royal , ↑ royalist ; adverb : ↑ royally ]
1 . [uncountable] members of a royal family:
At school the other children treated them like royalty.
2 . [countable usually plural] a payment made to the writer of a book or piece of music depending on how many books etc are sold, or to someone whose idea, invention etc is used by someone else to make money:
the royalties from his latest book
royalty payments