The members of royal families are sometimes referred to as royalty.
Royalty and government leaders from all around the world are gathering together.
...a ceremony attended by royalty.
2. plural noun
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 the royalties on my book. [+ on]
3. countable noun [usually plural]
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.
royalty in British English
(ˈrɔɪəltɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
the rank, power, or position of a king or queen
2.
a.
royal persons collectively
b.
one who belongs to the royal family
3.
any quality characteristic of a monarch; kingliness or regal dignity
4.
a percentage of the revenue from the sale of a book, performance of a theatrical work, use of a patented invention or of land, etc, paid to the author, inventor, or proprietor
royalty in American English
(ˈrɔɪəlti)
nounWord forms: pluralˈroyalties
1.
the rank, status, or power of a king or queen; royal position, dignity, etc.; sovereignty
2.
a royal person or, collectively, royal persons
3. Archaic
a royal domain or realm; kingdom
4.
royal quality or character; nobility, magnanimity, etc.
5. [usually pl.]; Archaic
a right, privilege, or prerogative of a monarch
6. Rare
a.
a royal right, as over some natural resource, granted by a monarch to a person, corporation, etc.
b.
payment for such a right
7.
a.
a share of the proceeds or product paid to the owner of a right, as a patent, for permission to use it or operate under it
b.
such a share paid to one from whom lands rich in oil or minerals are leased
c.
a share of proceeds, usually a specified percentage, paid for the work of an author,composer, etc. by the publisher
Word origin
ME roialte < OFr < ML regalitas < L regalis, regal
Examples of 'royalty' in a sentence
royalty
I signed over my royalty cheques to the kibbutz.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Hopefully she might use the royalties to repair those tights.
The Sun (2011)
Not to mention interviewing royalty and stars.
The Sun (2008)
The court appears to have questioned the validity of the tax and royalties the government receives.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Major royalty have received less pomp than this.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And they were angry he could rake in more royalties from additional sales.
The Sun (2008)
We are thrilled to have royalty buying one of our beds.
The Sun (2014)
Three quarters of turnover still comes from performance royalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The main sources of income are the book deals and royalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
When the first royalty cheque arrived the rest of the band bought cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Hope he gets royalties in addition to her fee.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This should be changed so that property owners get royalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was the sort of reception normally reserved for royalty and pop stars.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It receives royalty income when those products are bought in the shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Album sales and other royalties could double that sum.
The Sun (2009)
The rest is investments in fledgeling projects that may themselves one day provide royalty payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They also get broadcast and performance royalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He wants the company to make royalty payments and use its spare cash to pay dividends rather than expand its fleet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He mixed with rock star royalty.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He is said to earn 500,000 a year in print royalties alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Times have changed since British royalty spent their leisure time hunting boar.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Their wedding is due to be attended by European royalty this weekend.
The Sun (2011)
But yachting itself owes its popularity to royalty 200 years earlier.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That is not the style of British royalty in such matters.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
Over that time, it has promised to pay back 1.4 billion in royalties to the government.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
royalty
British English: royalty NOUN
The members of royal families are sometimes referred to as royalty.
Royalty and government leaders from all around the world are gathering in the city.