Royalty
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Royalty may refer to either:
- a Royal family (by extension the ruling house of any monarchy, regardless of the title), one or more of its members, of metonymically the whole country as a
- Royalties, the payment made (originally to the licensing crown) for a concession of commercial value (e.g. mining rights) or to the owner of a copyright, patent, trademark or know-how, for the use thereof.
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