tribute
IPA: trˈɪbjut
noun
- An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
- An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
- A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
- Extortion; protection money.
- A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
- (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
verb
- (transitive) To pay as tribute.
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Examples of "tribute" in Sentences
- The movie was a tribute to the Cinema of Italy.
- The design of the building is a tribute to masonry.
- Fellow writers could be effusive in their tributes.
- One of the displays is a tribute to the Free Canteen.
- The name was a tribute to the anniversary of the city.
- Christ and the apostles rendered tribute to the emperor.
- The benefit of the tribute system was a profitable trade.
- It is a tribute to the ingenuity of the human imagination.
- A tribute is paid to the athlete's sportsmanship and spirit.
- It helps to emphasize the solemnity of the tributes and burials.