Royalty



GRE 蓝宝 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 皇室; 版税
• ［英］ n. 皇室;版税 ( percentage paid for the work of an author, composer, etc. by the publisher)
• ［记］ royal ( 王室的) +ty -> 皇室, 注意""版税""一意

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -ties)

• Etymology: Middle English roialte, from Anglo-French realté, roialté, from real
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. royal status or power ; sovereignty
  • b. a right or perquisite of a sovereign (as a percentage paid to the crown of gold or silver taken from mines)
• 2. regal character or bearing ; nobility
• 3.
  • a. persons of royal lineage
  • b. a person of royal rank <how to address royalties — George Santayana>
  • c. an elite class
• 4. a right of jurisdiction granted to an individual or corporation by a sovereign
• 5.
  • a. a share of the product or profit reserved by the grantor especially of an oil or mining lease
  • b. a payment to an author or composer for each copy of a work sold or to an inventor for each item sold under a patent

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