noun (plural royalties)
1 [U] one or more members of a royal family:
The gala evening was attended by royalty and politicians. * We were treated like royalty. * Hollywood royalty (= very famous film / movie stars)
2 [C,usually pl.] a sum of money that is paid to sb who has written a book, piece of music, etc. each time that it is sold or performed:
All royalties from the record will go to Aids charities. * She received ｣2000 in royalties. * a royalty cheque / payment
3 [C,usually pl.] a sum of money that is paid by an oil or MINING company to the owner of the land that they are working on
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for royalty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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