Equity vs. Royalty — What's the Difference?

The state or quality of being just and fair.

People of royal blood or status

Something that is just and fair.

A sum paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author or composer for each copy of a book sold or for each public performance of a work

Justice achieved not simply according to the strict letter of the law but in accordance with principles of substantial justice and the unique facts of the case.

A royal right (now especially over minerals) granted by the sovereign to an individual or corporation.

See court of equity.

Monarchs and their families considered as a group.

An equitable right or claim

A person of royal rank or family

Ownership interest in a corporation, property, or other holding, usually calculated as the value of the holding after subtracting any debt or liabilities.

The rank, power, or authority of a monarch

Equities Shares of common stock or preferred stock.

Royal quality or bearing.

The value of a brand's reputation.

A kingdom or possession ruled by a monarch.

Representing an ownership interest

A right or prerogative of the crown, as that of receiving a percentage of the proceeds from mines in the royal domain.

Of or relating to stocks

The granting of a right by a monarch to a corporation or an individual to exploit specified natural resources.

Subordinated to all other claims on income, earnings, or assets

The payment for such a right.

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

A share paid to a writer or composer out of the proceeds resulting from the sale or performance of their work.

(legal) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England

A share in the proceeds paid to an inventor or proprietor for the right to use their invention or services.

(legal) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.

A share of the profit or product reserved by the grantor, especially of an oil or mining lease. In this sense also called override.

(legal) A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim.

The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain.

People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group.

(finance) Various senses related to net value

A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.

Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.

The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

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

(accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.

(figuratively) Someone in a privileged position.

(poker) A player's expected share of the pot.

A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

(nonstandard) Equality

The bounds of a royal burgh.

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.

The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.

A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.

An emblem of royalty; - usually in the plural, meaning regalia.

The difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it

Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.

The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation

Domain; province; sphere.

Conformity with rules or standards;

That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality.

A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it.

Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property;

Royal persons collectively;