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Antonyms for royalty

Grammar : Noun
Spell : roi-uh l-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔɪ əl ti

Definition of royalty

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun sovereignty
  • noun nobility
Example sentences :
  • There was something that is supposed to be the prerogative of royalty in the lift of it.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • She is said to have written some books which brought her fame and royalty.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • That's four million, and I should take a royalty of four shillings on wholesale orders.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • I am obliged to use the most of it on the royalty statements you send me.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Mr. Jameson summoned the representative of royalty and spoke to him in a low tone.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I have my royalty money, you know, most of it, and I have this order for the series of stories.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • As in modern Germany, a touch of that involved in the system of royalty.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • It was truly, as De Noe described, like the passage of royalty.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • The royalty of his powers he saw by degrees torn from his decaying form.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • I might for royalty, sir; but not for such people as I read of in that list there.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for royalty

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