单词 | royalty |
释义 | royalty /roy"euhl tee/, n. , pl. royalties. 1. royal persons collectively. 2. royal status, dignity, or power; sovereignty: to be elevated to royalty. 3. a person of royal lineage; member of a royal family. 4. royalties, Archaic. prerogatives, rights, or symbolic emblems of a king, queen, or other sovereign. 5. a royal domain; kingdom; realm. 6. character or quality proper to or befitting a sovereign; nobility. 7. a compensation or portion of the proceeds paid to the owner of a right, as a patent or oil or mineral right, for the use of it. 8. an agreed portion of the income from a work paid to its author, composer, etc., usually a percentage of the retail price of each copy sold. 9. a royal right, as over minerals, granted by a sovereign to a person or corporation. 10. the payment made for such a right. [1350-1400; ME roialte < OF. See ROYAL, -TY2] |
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