1 [U] members of the royal family 王室；皇族

2 [C] an amount of money that is paid to the person who wrote a book, piece of music, etc every time his/her work is sold or performed （著作或音乐作品等付给作者的）版税: The author earns a 2% royalty on each copy sold. 每出售一本书那位作者可得2%的版税。