royalty
Meaning
- The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
- People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
- 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.
- The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.
- Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- Someone in a privileged position.
- (slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- The bounds of a royal burgh.
Synonyms
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
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɔɪəlti/
Etymology
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.
Bookmark this
Improve your pronunciation
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "royalty" and many other words and sentences in English.
Go to our English course page
Notes
