Definition of royalty Royalty

/ɹɔjˈʌlti/ - [royultee] - roy•al•ty

We found 18 definitions of royalty from 5 different sources.

What does royalty mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: royalties
royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty"
		royal family, royal line, royal house
		house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
		hanoverian line, house of hanover, hanover the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
		habsburg, hapsburg a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
		hohenzollern a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia
		house of lancaster, lancastrian line, lancaster the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
		plantagenet, plantagenet line the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
		romanoff, romanov the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917
		saxe-coburg-gotha the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I
		stuart the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
		house of york, york the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
		highness a high degree (of amount or force etc.); "responsible for the highness of the rates"
		male monarch, rex, king (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
		prince a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
		princess a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
		female monarch, queen regnant, queen the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
royalty - payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book"

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Wiktionary

royalty (Noun)
The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
royalty (Noun)
People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
royalty (Noun)
A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource ; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.
royalty (Noun)
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral right s on his property.
royalty (Noun)
Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property , invention etc.
royalty (Noun)
A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

royalty (n.)
The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
royalty (n.)
The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
royalty (n.)
An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.
royalty (n.)
Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
royalty (n.)
Domain; province; sphere.
royalty (n.)
That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.
royalty (n.)
A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.
royalty (n.)
Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.