Tribute Definition
trĭbyo͝ot
tributes
noun
tributes
Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic.
Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.
American Heritage
A regular payment of money, etc., made by one ruler or nation to another as acknowledgment of subjugation, for protection from invasion, etc.
Webster's New World
A tax levied for this.
Webster's New World
Under feudalism,
Webster's New World
Something given, done, or said, as a gift, testimonial, etc., that shows gratitude, respect, honor, or praise.
Webster's New World
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verb
To pay as tribute.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Tribute
Noun
Singular:
tribute
Plural:
tributesOrigin of Tribute
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From Middle English, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute, literally 'a thing contributed or paid'"), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot, grant, give, bestow, etc."), usually derived, from tribus (“tribe"); see tribe.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English tribut from Old French from Latin tribūtum from neuter past participle of tribuere to pay, distribute from tribus tribe tribe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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