royalties

nounsovereignty
nounnobility

Synonyms for royalties

noun sovereignty

Antonyms for royalties

Word Origin & History

c.1400, "office or position of a sovereign," also "magnificence," from or modeled on Old French roialte (12c., Modern French royauté), from Vulgar Latin *regalitatem (nominative *regalitas), from Latin regalis (see royal). Sense of "prerogatives or rights granted by a sovereign to an individual or corporation" is from late 15c. From that evolved more general senses, such as "payment to a landowner for use of a mine" (1839), and ultimately "payment to an author, composer, etc." for sale or use of his or her work (1857). Cf. realty.

Example Sentences for royalties

Other royalties were present in person or by their representatives.

I don't know why I never thought of royalties since Daddy went.

It'll take all the royalties you'll receive to pay off this score!

They were Philip's royalties, with which he adorned himself when he sat in state.

Royalties were to be paid on a sliding scale, and, from the very first, they were large.

We have had these royalties for more than three hundred years.

"The surnames of royalties don't matter, Monseigneur," she said, with a flourish.

Royalties were quite as much in her line as they were in the Crown Prince's.

"Royalties may not abdicate," fell as a warning from pretty lips.

And if any royalties should come from the sale of my book, what then?