Tribute
['trɪbjuːt] or ['trɪbjut]
Definition
(noun.) payment by one nation for protection by another.
(noun.) something given or done as an expression of esteem.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense.
(v. i.) To pay as tribute.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Tax (especially that levied by a superior prince or state on an inferior one), impost, duty, TOLL.[2]. Grant, contribution, offering.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tax, impost, subsidy, duty, charge, customs, offering, contribution,acknowledgment
Typist: Perry
Definition
n. a fixed amount paid at certain intervals by one nation to another for peace or protection: a personal contribution: acknowledgment or homage paid.—adv. Trib′ūtarily.—n. Trib′utariness.—adj. Trib′ūtary paying tribute: subject: yielding supplies of anything subsidiary: paid in tribute.—n. one who pays tribute: a stream which contributes water to another.—ns. Trib′ute-mon′ey money paid as tribute; Trib′ūter a miner paid by a proportion of the ore raised.
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Examples
- Tiglath Pileser III and Sargon II, names already familiar in this story, profess to have made them pay tribute. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He watched me, still; he gently raised his hand to stroke my hair; it touched my lips in passing; I pressed it close, I paid it tribute. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was the women's tribute to the war. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- More than once, too, they had to look on Him whose face flesh scarce can see and live: they had to pay their tribute to the King of Terrors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- After rendering this general tribute to the port, Mr. Snagsby in his modesty coughs an apology behind his hand for drinking anything so precious. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had gathered and he had given flowers; he had offered a sentimental, a poetic tribute at the shrine of Love or Mammon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I wish you could have overheard her tribute of praise; I wish you could have seen her countenance, when she said that you _should_ be Henry's wife. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The man's voracious vanity devoured this implied tribute to his local and critical supremacy with an appearance of the highest relish. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And at first the Greek cities of the mainland of Asia paid the tribute and shared in this Persian Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the little man concluded, he took an emphatic pinch of snuff, as a tribute to the smartness of Messrs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I may render the same tribute, I am sure, to Mr. Carstone. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The first event of the day was the Tribute to Issus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Apart from this imperial right-of-way and the payment of tribute, the local governments possessed a very considerable amount of local freedom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His host's contemptuous tribute to May's niceness was just what a husband should have wished to hear said of his wife. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Great as has been the genius brought to bear on electrical development, there is no other man to whom such a comprehensive tribute could be paid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are tributes to the sound practical sense of a vision in politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The long train of offerings followed: all the pupils, sweeping past with the gliding step foreigners practise, left their tributes as they went by. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He wanted indemnities to recuperate France, loans, gifts, and tributes to France, glory and homage to France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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