royalty

中文： 皇族、王族

1. The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch. (countable, uncountable)
2. People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group. (countable, uncountable)
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. (countable, uncountable)
4. The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property. (countable, uncountable)
5. Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc. (countable, uncountable)
6. 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. (countable, uncountable)
7. Someone in a privileged position. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
8. A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. (countable, slang, uncountable)

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