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countable and uncountable, plural tributes
An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. quotations
the passing tribute of a sigh
1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753
An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator. examples
A payment made by one nation to another in submission. examples
Extortion; protection money. examples
A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord. examples
(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment. quotations examples
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
1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […]
Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]
1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed
(transitive) To pay as tribute. quotations examples
Amorous Trifler, that spendeth […] his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.
1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia