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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. Related Definitions: An, And, Another, Article, As, At, Authority, Being, By, Certain, Coined, Condition, Copyright, Domain, Due, Duty, Each, Emblem, Exacted, For, Forest, From, Gold, Hence, Hires, Imperiality, In, Is, It, King, Kingliness, Kingly, Kingship, Lieu, Majesty, Manufactured, Manufacturer, Meaning, Mine, Mint, Of, Office, On, One, Or, Owner, Paid, Patent, Percentage, Permitting, Person, Plural, Presence, Product, Profit, Property, Province, Quality, Rate, Regal, Regalia, Reserved, Royal, Royalty, Seigniorage, Share, Silver, Sovereign, Sovereignty, Sphere, Spirit, State, Such, Taken, Tax, That, The, To, Use, Which, Who

Royalty Quotations Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Benjamin Disraeli 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 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 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 Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records. Bruce Johnston

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

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