The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights on his property
royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book
A payment made to a company or individual for the use of its/her property, usually an intellectual property
payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc
the payment made by publishers to authors and others on sales made; typically a percentage of the recommended retail price in the home market and of the monies received from export sales These payments are frequently set off against an advance and accounted for at six monthly intervals
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book"
A compensation to the author or owner of a copyright paid by the publisher, usually on the percentage of the list price of the book (net price in academic or university press publishing) on each copy sold, but sometimes paid on a percentage of the wholesale price or on the publisher's total receipts No royalty is paid on review copies or on copies sold as remainders A lower rate is paid on reprints, book club editions, and many scholarly works and on copies sold by mail order or exported
{i} sovereignty, royal status or power; kingdom; domain, realm; member of a royal family; percentage of profits paid to an artist for each copy of his work that is sold
In reference to natural resource properties: An amount of money paid to the owner of a resource-bearing property by a mining company in exchange for the right to extract and sell the resource This compensation is usually proportional to the quality and quantity of the resource extracted
A sum paid to copyright owners for the sale or use of their works or other subject-matter
A percentage of a book's gross or net sales paid to the author as specified in the author/publisher agreement
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
A payment made for the use of property, especially a patent, copyrighted work, franchise, or natural resource The amount is usually a percentage of revenues obtained through its use
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book