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Royalty

Royalty (royalty)
n.(?)
Roy"al*ty
; pl. Royalties (#). [OF. roialté, royaulté, F. royauté. See Royal, and cf. Regality.]
  1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

    Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday.

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

    For thus his royalty doth speak. Shak.

  3. An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.
    [Obs.]

    Wherefore do I assume
    These royalties, and not refuse to reign?
    Milton.

  4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

    In his royalty of nature
    Reigns that which would be fear'd.
    Shak.

  5. Domain; province; sphere.
    Sir W. Scott.
  6. 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.
  7. A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.
  8. 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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