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Definition of Royalty
Royalty

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.

An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.

Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

Domain; province; sphere.

That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.

A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.

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Royalty Quotations

We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
Mary Kay Ash

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'
Jeff Foxworthy

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Benjamin Disraeli

We were descended from royalty.
Natalie Wood

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them.
Doris Lessing

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
Honore de Balzac

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
Gianni Versace

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
Elizabeth I

Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.
Ace Frehley

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.
Doug Coupland

Royalty Translations

royalty in Spanish is realeza
royalty in Swedish is kunglighet, avgift


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