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English
Etymology
From Middle English , from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.
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Noun
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.
- 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
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Translations
acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift
- Assamese: শ্ৰদ্ধাঞ্জলি (sroddhañzoli)
- Belarusian: дані́на f (danína), нале́жнае n (naljéžnaje)
- Bulgarian: дан f (dan), дължи́мо (bg) n (dǎlžímo)
- Catalan: tribut (ca) m, homenatge (ca) m
- Czech: hold (cs) m, úcta (cs) f
- Finnish: kunnianosoitus (fi)
- French: hommage (fr) m, tribut (fr) m
- German: Tribut (de) m
- Irish: ómós m
- Italian: omaggio (it) m
- Japanese: オマージュ (omāju)
- Latin: tribūtum (la) n
- Maori: whakamānawatanga
- Old English: gombe f
- Polish: wyrazy uznania pl, hołd (pl) m
- Portuguese: homenagem (pt) f
- Russian: дань (ru) f (danʹ), до́лжное (ru) n (dólžnoje)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: да̏нак m
- Roman: dȁnak (sh) m
- Slovak: hold m, pocta f
- Spanish: tributo (es) m, homenaje (es) m
- Ukrainian: дани́на f (danýna), нале́жне n (naléžne)
- Welsh: teyrnged (cy)
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payment made by one nation to another in submission
- Arabic: جِزْيَة f (jizya)
- Azerbaijani: təzminat (az)
- Belarusian: дані́на f (danína), по́даць f (pódacʹ), дань f (danʹ)
- Bulgarian: да́нък (bg) m (dánǎk), дан f (dan)
- Catalan: tribut (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 貢品/贡品 (zh) (gòngpǐn), 朝貢/朝贡 (zh) (cháogòng)
- Czech: daň (cs) f
- Egyptian: (bꜣkw)
- Finnish: pakkovero, tribuutti (fi), suojeluraha (fi)
- French: tribut (fr) m
- Georgian: ხარკი (xarḳi)
- German: Tribut (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐍃𐍄𐍂 n (gilstr), 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 n (gabaur)
- Greek: φόρος υποτέλειας m (fóros ypotéleias)
- Ancient: φόρος m (phóros)
- Indonesian: upeti (id)
- Italian: tributo (it) m
- Japanese: 貢ぎ物 (ja) (mitsugimono), 貢ぎ (mitsugi), 朝貢 (ja) (ちょうこう, chōkō)
- Korean: 조공 (ko) (jogong)
- Latin: stipendium n
- Malay: ufti
- Old English: gafol n
- Persian: باج (fa) (bâj), ساو (fa) (sâv)
- Polish: danina (pl) f, trybut m
- Portuguese: tributo (pt) m
- Russian: дань (ru) f (danʹ), по́дать (ru) f (pódatʹ)
- Slovak: daň (sk) f
- Swahili: kodi (sw)
- Ukrainian: дани́на f (danýna), по́дать f (pódatʹ), пода́ток m (podátok), дань f (danʹ)
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extortion; protection money
payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord
Verb
tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)
- (transitive) To pay as tribute.
1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia:Amorous Trifler, that spendeth […] his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.
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Further reading
- “tribute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tribute”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Latin
Participle
tribūte
- vocative masculine singular of tribūtus
Portuguese
Verb
tribute
- inflection of tributar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
tribute
- inflection of tributar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative