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1 —as in:
a tribute to the great actor
Definition
praise or something done to express admiration or respect- I was moved by her tearful tribute to her deceased colleague.
tribute = praise or something done to express admiration or respect
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I wrote the song as a tribute to all parents who sacrifice for their children.
- Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The promoters had renamed the marquee event in tribute to Louie, who was still believed dead by virtually everyone outside of his family.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Once I'd gotten a bottle from Massachusetts, which I kept as a tribute to how far something can go in life.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- Every time a man died, or a woman died, or a child died, she would be on hand with her "tribute" before he was cold.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- They stood together over the grave in final tribute.Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
- "What on earth for?" she wondered, astonished, but at the same time touched by this strange tribute to her power.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- That's probably the strangest tribute this school has had in a hundred and sixty years.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- Almost any exhibition of complete self-sufficiency draws a stunned tribute from me.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
tribute = praise or something done to express admiration or respect
tribute = expression of admiration
tribute = expression of admiration
tribute = symbol of something worthy of praise
tribute = expression of admiration
tribute = expression of admiration
tribute = expression of admiration
tribute = expression of admiration
tribute = expression of admiration
2 —as in:
demanded they pay tribute
Definition
payment by one nation for protection by another;or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- The Second Barbary War ended the American practice of paying tribute to pirates along the north coast of Africa.
tribute = payment to someone so they will not harm you
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The Federalist Party adopted the slogan, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
- All of them would be turned out of their cottage if they could not give their lord the tribute he levied.Madeline Miller -- Circe
- In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- Not as a free person but as an Avox or something, waiting on the future tributes of District 12.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- I never dreamed you'd be a tribute again.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- The victor tributes from 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11 had varying degrees of knowledge about it.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- Just in case it's not enough fun watching the obliteration of the arena and the remaining tributes.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- I do not want to watch my twenty-two fellow tributes die.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- That will leave Peeta with only one tribute to kill.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
tribute = payment to someone so they will not harm you
tribute = payment demanded for protection
tributes = things paid for protection
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