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