Royaltyname

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  A surname.

royaltynoun/ˈɹɔɪəlti/

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  The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

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  People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.

  • Wolferton was an important station on the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line, which closed in 1969. As the station was convenient for the Sandringham estate, it was regularly patronised by royalty, and royal retiring rooms were provided.
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  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.

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  The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

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  Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.

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  authorshipbroadcastingcommunicationsTo 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.

  • Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties.
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  Someone in a privileged position.

  • England will have another manager for the next World Cup, Hodgson’s reign will be defined by a result comparable to losing to the United States in the 1950 World Cup and the now-familiar inquest will begin again in a country that likes to see itself as football royalty.
  • The Biden large-donor scene, where Mr. Katzenberg is treated as royalty himself, has been devastated since Mr. Biden’s debate performance two weeks ago.
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