tribute

Meanings

Noun

• An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
• A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
• Extortion; protection money.
• A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
• A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.

Verb

• To pay as tribute.

Related

Similar words

• encomium
• heriot

Origin

• From Middle English, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum, neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere, usually derived, from tribus. See tribe.