royalties

plural of royalty

(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.