royalty

1. (countable, uncountable)The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

   ца́рственностьcárstvennostʹ, вели́чиеvelíčije

2. (countable, uncountable)People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.

   короле́вская семья́korolévskaja semʹjá, член короле́вской семьи́člen korolévskoj semʹí

3. (countable, uncountable)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.

   payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property

4. (countable, uncountable)The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

   Nutzungsgebühr

   ро́ялтиrójalti

5. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.

   Tantieme, Royalty

6. (countable, uncountable)To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.

7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Someone in a privileged position.

8. (countable, slang, uncountable)A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

9. (Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable)The bounds of a royal burgh.

   royal persons collectively

1. I don't think Tom is royalty.

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2. Their footage library is royalty-free.

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3. All the royalties went to charity.

   deAlle Tantiemen wurden für einen guten Zweck gespendet.

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4. Oleg doesn’t have to pay royalties.

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5. Yanni started receiving royalties on his book.

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