All 4 Uses

tribute
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Flags of Our Fathers
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Reproduced in bronze, this actual scene should make good art and a fitting tribute to American men and American valor.†
Chpt 12.
It would be a tribute "to the heroic action of the Marine Corps as typified by the Marines in this photograph.†
Chpt 13.
Thousands stood in line to pay tribute, overflowing the rotunda and spilling far outside the Capitol.†
Chpt 19. *
It was a majestic tribute and one with which Gagnon probably would have been the first to disagree.†
Chpt 19.

Definitions:

(1) (tribute as in: a tribute to the great actor)
praise or something done to express admiration or respect
(2) (tribute as in: demanded they pay tribute)
payment by one nation for protection by another;
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)