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.

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Royalty Quotations

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

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Benjamin Disraeli

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.
Elizabeth I

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

Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.
Ace Frehley

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them.
Doris Lessing

No band is special, no player royalty.
Krist Novoselic

We were descended from royalty.
Natalie Wood

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.
Doug Coupland

Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Bobby Jindal

There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
Taryn Manning

Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
Camryn Manheim

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

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.
Kate Bush

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
Gianni Versace

The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.
Martin Bashir

I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are living in real time and I've got to keep up with them. It's a miracle they even give me a royalty.
Rupert Holmes

Singing for royalty is a dream of mine - I'd absolutely love to sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Show. All the contestants are very good. I will just have to do my best and see what happens.
Susan Boyle

These are clothes my friends and I could wear. This ain't Prada. I don't want to be one of those celebrities that slaps their name on a label and collects royalty checks. Everything on that runway reflects me.
Nicky Hilton

An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.
Mary Elizabeth Lease

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree

I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
Ira Levin

Archaeologists are underpaid publicity agents for deceased royalty.
John Agar

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Royalty Translations

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

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