单词 | royalty |
释义 | royalty n. (pl. -ies)   1. the office or dignity or power of a king or queen, sovereignty.   2. a royal persons. b a member of a royal family.   3. a sum paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author etc. for each copy of a book etc. sold or for each public performance of a work.   4. a a royal right (now esp. over minerals) granted by the sovereign to an individual or corporation. b a payment made by a producer of minerals, oil, or natural gas to the owner of the site or of the mineral rights over it. Etymology: ME f. OF roialt{eacute} (as ROYAL) |
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