payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
"he received royalties on his book"
royal persons collectively
"the wedding was attended by royalty"
The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
"The king's absolute royalty extended his command over every soldier in the realm."
In plain English: Royalties are payments made to someone who owns rights, such as music or books, whenever their work is used by others.
"The royal family traveled to see the crowd waving flags outside the palace gates."
Usage: Royalty refers to people who belong to the highest social class in a kingdom rather than an abstract concept like royal treatment. Use this word when discussing members of a reigning family such as kings and queens instead of their titles or privileges alone.
A surname.
"The Duke invited his cousin Royalty to the royal banquet."
The word royalty comes from the Middle English term royaltee, which was borrowed from Old French and originally meant "realm" or "kingdom." It entered modern usage as a doublet of regality, derived ultimately from the Latin root for king.