royalty

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Synonyms: loyalty, royally

Antonyms: loyalty, royally

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Noun

1. The [[rank]], [[status]], [[power]] or [[authority]] of a monarch.
2. People of [[royal]] [[rank]], plus their [[families]], treated as a [[group]].
3. 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.
4. The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of [[mineral right]]s in the property.
5. {{lb|en|by extension}} Payment made to a [[writer]], [[composer]], [[inventor]] etc for the [[sale]] or [[use]] of [[intellectual property]], [[invention]] etc.
6. {{lb|en|authorship}} 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. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Someone in a privileged position.
8. {{lb|en|poker|slang}} A [[king]] and a [[queen]] as a starting hand in [[Texas hold 'em]].
9. {{lb|en|Scotland|historical}} The [[bounds]] of a [[royal burgh]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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