royalties

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 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.

4. 4

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

5. 5

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

6. 6

   Someone in a privileged position.

7. 7

   A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

8. 8

   The bounds of a royal burgh.