royalty

Definitions of royalty in various dictionaries:

noun - payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property

noun - royal persons collectively

A person of royal rank or lineage.

Monarchs and their families considered as a group.

The lineage or rank of a monarch.

The power, status, or authority of a monarch.

Royal quality or bearing.

A kingdom or possession ruled by a monarch.

A right or prerogative of the crown, as that of receiving a percentage of the proceeds from mines in the royal domain.

The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.

The payment for such a right.

A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of his or her work.

A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or a proprietor for the right to use his or her invention or services.

A share of the profit or product reserved by the grantor, especially of an oil or mining lease.

noun - the status or power of a monarch