royalty
Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable) The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- (countable, uncountable) People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (countable, uncountable) To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Someone in a privileged position.
- (countable, slang, uncountable) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- (Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable) The bounds of a royal burgh.
Sinonieme
royal house
royal line
imperial family
copy-money
patent fee
fee for the government
member of the royal family
royal-blooded person
the throne
high descent
monarch’s family
male monarch
option money
royalty payment
mining royalty
copying royalty
supreme sway
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɹɔɪəlti/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English royaltee, roialtee, royalte, from Old French roialté, roiauté, realté (compare earlier Old French realted (“realm, kingdom”)), from Vulgar Latin *rēgālitās, from Latin rēgālis, equivalent to royal + -ty. Doublet of regality.
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