roy‧al‧ty /ˈrɔɪəlti/ noun (plural royalties)
[Word Family: noun: royal, royalist, royalty; adjective: royal, royalist; adverb: royally]

1. [uncountable] members of a royal family:
At school the other children treated them like royalty.

2. [countable usually plural] a payment made to the writer of a book or piece of music depending on how many books etc are sold, or to someone whose idea, invention etc is used by someone else to make money:
the royalties from his latest book
royalty payments

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

royalty
noun
I. money paid to an author, etc.
ADJ. advance
VERB + ROYALTY pay | earn, get, receive | charge
ROYALTY + NOUN cheque, payment
PREP. in ~s She earns a lot in royalties.
~ from/on He has received royalties on previous inventions.
PHRASES an advance on royalties

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

royalty
II. members of the royal family
ADJ. minor
PHRASES in the presence of royalty She behaved as if she were in the presence of royalty.

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