royalty

1. (by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.broadlycountableuncountable

2. (authorship) To make more money from a book than it cost to run an advertising campaign for it; to make enough in royalties to cover the advance a book received.Examples: "Until the total of advances in that contract has been earned out by royalties from any or all books in that contract, the author will not receive additional royalties."countableuncountable

3. (figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.Examples: "England will have another manager for the next World Cup, Hodgson’s reign will be defined by a result comparable to losing to the United States in the 1950 World Cup and the now-familiar inquest will begin again in a country that likes to see itself as football royalty."; "The Biden large-donor scene, where Mr. Katzenberg is treated as royalty himself, has been devastated since Mr. Biden’s debate performance two weeks ago."countablefigurativelyuncountable

4. (poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.countableslanguncountable

5. (Scotland, historical) The bounds of a royal burgh.Scotlandcountablehistoricaluncountable