English noun: royalty |
1. | royalty (possession) payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property |
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| Samples | He received royalties on his book.
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| Broader (hypernym) | payment |
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2. | royalty (group) royal persons collectively |
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| Samples | The wedding was attended by royalty.
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| Synonyms | royal family, royal house, royal line |
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| Broader (hypernym) | house |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Habsburg, Hanover, Hanoverian line, Hapsburg, Hohenzollern, House of Hanover, House of Lancaster, House of York, Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Plantagenet, Plantagenet line, Romanoff, Romanov, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Stuart, York |
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| Member holonym | female monarch, Highness, king, male monarch, prince, princess, queen, queen, queen regnant, Rex |
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