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trib·ute 
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| 1. | a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem. |
| 2. | a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like. |
| 3. | a rent, tax, or the like, as that paid by a subject to a sovereign. |
| 4. | any exacted or enforced payment or contribution. |
| 5. | obligation or liability to make such payment. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME tribut < L tribūtum a levied payment, n. use of neut. of ptp. of tribuere to assign, allot, deriv. of tribus tribe]
] —Synonyms 1. recognition, commendation, eulogy. 4. levy, toll, impost, duty.
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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; see tribe.] |
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c.1340, "tax paid to a ruler or master for security or protection," from L. tributum "tribute," lit. "a thing contributed or paid," noun use of tributus, neuter pp. of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1585.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| tribute | |
noun | |
| 1. | something given or done as an expression of esteem |
| 2. | payment by one nation for protection by another |
| 3. | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" [syn: protection] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
tribute [ˈtribjuːt] noun
(an) expression of praise, thanks etc
Example: This statue has been erected as a tribute to a great man; We must pay tribute to his great courage.
See also: be a tribute to, "tribute" in any languageExample: This statue has been erected as a tribute to a great man; We must pay tribute to his great courage.
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At*trib"ute\ ([a^]t"tr[i^]*b[=u]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.] [L. attributus, p. p. of attribuere; ad + tribuere to bestow. See Tribute.] To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. --Abp. Tillotson. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. --Shak. Syn: See Ascribe.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Con*trib"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p. p. of contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to grant, impart. See Tribute.] To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor. England contributes much more than any other of the allies. --Addison.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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a tax imposed by a king on his subjects (2 Sam. 20:24; 1 Kings 4:6; Rom. 13:6). In Matt. 17:24-27 the word denotes the temple rate (the "didrachma," the "half-shekel," as rendered by the R.V.) which was required to be paid for the support of the temple by every Jew above twenty years of age (Ex. 30:12; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Chr. 24:6, 9). It was not a civil but a religious tax. In Matt. 22:17, Mark 12:14, Luke 20:22, the word may be interpreted as denoting the capitation tax which the Romans imposed on the Jewish people. It may, however, be legitimately regarded as denoting any tax whatever imposed by a foreign power on the people of Israel. The "tribute money" shown to our Lord (Matt. 22:19) was the denarius, bearing Caesar's superscription. It was the tax paid by every Jew to the Romans. (See PENNY.)
| Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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