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trib⋅ute

  [trib-yoot]
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–noun
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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trib·ute   (trĭb'yōōt)   
n.  
  1. A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration: put up a plaque as a tribute to his generosity.
  2. Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic: Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.
    1. A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.
    2. A tax imposed for such payment.
    3. A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.
    4. The obligation to make such a payment.
  4. Any payment exacted for protection.
    1. A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.
    2. The obligation to make such a payment.

[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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Tribute

Trib"ute\, n. [OE. tribut, L. tributum, fr. tribuere, tributum, to bestow, grant, pay, allot, assign, originally, to a tribe, from tribus tribe; cf. F. tribut. See Tribe, and cf. Attribute, Contribute.]

1. An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.

Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute. --C. C. Pinckney.

2. A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.

Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. --Gray.

3. (Mining) A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense. --Pryce. Tomlinson.

Tribute money, money paid as a tribute or tax.

Tribute pitch. (Mining) See under Tributer. [Eng.]

Syn: See Subsidy.

Tribute

Trib"ute\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tributing.] To pay as tribute. [R.] --Whitlock (1654).
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Language Translation for : tribute
Spanish: tributo, homenaje,
German: die Anerkennung,
Japanese: 賞讃のしるし
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tribute 
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.
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Tribute

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.)

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