distinction; recognised superiority; a special quality, feature, point, characteristic, etc.

= ಕರಿಮುಖ2.

a payment as to a professional person for services on which no fee is set or legally obtainable; honorarium.

(loosely) royalty - a) a share of the proceeds or product paid to the owner of a right, as a patent, for permission to use it or operate under it; b) such a share paid to one from whom lands rich in oil or minerals are leased; c) a share of proceeds, usu. a specified percentage, paid for the work of an author, composer, etc. by the publisher.