tribute
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English [Term?], 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)
- An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
- Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- the passing tribute of a sigh
- An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
- Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?
- A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
- The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
- 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.
- 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […]
- The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
- Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]
- 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […]
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Translations[edit]
acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift
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payment made by one nation to another in submission
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extortion; protection money
payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord
Verb[edit]
tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)
- (transitive) To pay as tribute.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Whitlock (1654) to this entry?)
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Further reading[edit]
- tribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tribute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
tribūte
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
tribute
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
- first-person singular imperative of tributar
- third-person singular imperative of tributar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
tribute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tributar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tributar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tributar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tributar.
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