All 50 Uses of

tribute

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Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)

He was already signed up for tesserae, which entitled them to a meager supply of grain and oil in exchange for his entering his name extra times in the drawing to become a tribute.†
Chpt 1

Before my fellow tribute, Peeta Mellark, announced he was madly in love with me.†
Chpt 1

But he did his job--more than his job--because for the first time in history, two tributes were allowed to win.
Chpt 1 *

tributes = things given by a people to buy protection from another government

Editor's Notes

Editor's notes:

In this book, tributes refers to the teenagers forced to play in the Hunger Games. Outside of this novel, tribute typically has other meanings.

The general meaning upon which this book's usage is based refers to payment by one nation for protection by another; or payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence. In the book, tributes are sent from districts that lost a rebellion many decades ago. One boy and one girl from each of those districts is forced to play in the Hunger Games.

I remember seeing the winning tributes with their mentors and stylists.
Chpt 2

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

(editor's note: In this novel, tribute is used specifically to refer to teenagers forced to play in the Hunger Games. The teenagers are a type of payment demanded by the central government.)

But when the Capitol decrees that only one tribute can live and you have the audacity to challenge it, I guess that's a rebellion in itself.†
Chpt 2

In a normal year, being a mentor to the tributes is the stuff of nightmares.
Chpt 3

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts' defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes.
Chpt 3

But in school I remember hearing that for the second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be provided for the arena.
Chpt 3

Since 12 puts on the least fabulous celebration--usually just a dinner for the tributes and a victory rally in the square, where nobody looks like they're having any fun--it's probably best to get us out of the way as soon as possible.
Chpt 4

If a victor had any special allies among the dead tributes, it is considered good form to add a few personal comments as well.
Chpt 4

As usual, a special platform has been constructed at the bottom of the stage for the families of the dead tributes.
Chpt 4

It can in no way replace your losses, but as a token of our thanks we'd like for each of the tributes' families from District Eleven to receive one month of our winnings every year for the duration of our lives.
Chpt 4

A month of tribute winnings can easily provide for a family for a year.†
Chpt 4

"I want to give my thanks to the tributes of District Eleven," I say.
Chpt 4

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

Cato and Clove, the tributes from District 2, might have both made it home if Peeta and I hadn't.
Chpt 5

I want to point out that twenty-two dead tributes will never recover from the Games he helped create, either.
Chpt 6

I've been a tribute in the Games.†
Chpt 9

They have chosen her as a tribute, then made her watch her sister fight to the death in the Games.†
Chpt 9

The pack of muttation tributes draws closer and closer until it overcomes me with hot breath and dripping fangs and I scream myself awake.
Chpt 12

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

On the twenty-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that their children were dying because of their choice to initiate violence, every district was made to hold an election and vote on the tributes who would represent it.
Chpt 12

"On the fiftieth anniversary," the president continues, "as a reminder that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen, every district was required to send twice as many tributes."
Chpt 12

Without hesitation, he reads, "On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors."
Chpt 12

On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.
Chpt 13

Officially, tributes aren't supposed to train, but no one tries to stop us.
Chpt 13

Even in regular years, the tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 show up able to wield spears and swords.
Chpt 13

If he were the tribute, he would have owed Peeta nothing and could be as drunk as he liked.†
Chpt 14

I recognize many of their faces, either from seeing them as tributes or mentors at previous Games or from our recent viewing of the victors' tapes.
Chpt 14

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

As one would expect, the pools of Career tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 are the largest.
Chpt 14

Peeta studiously puts stars by the names of the chosen tributes in his notebook.
Chpt 14

For my part, I try to make some mental record of the other tributes, but like last year, only a few really stick in my head.
Chpt 14

Then she pulls herself together to say she bets that "these will be the best Games ever!" Haymitch leaves the compartment without a word, and Effie, after making a few unconnected comments about this tribute or that, bids us good night.†
Chpt 14

He reads from the square of paper in the same onerous voice he used for ours, informing Panem that in honor of the Quarter Quell, there will be twice the number of tributes.
Chpt 14

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

Of my mockingjay pin and how it means something completely different now that I know that its former owner was Madge's aunt, Maysilee Donner, a tribute who was murdered in the arena.†
Chpt 14

We watch from the point of view of one of the tributes as she rises up through the tube from the Launch Room and into the arena.
Chpt 14

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

By the way some of the tributes are sniffing, it must smell fantastic.
Chpt 14

Eighteen tributes are killed in the bloodbath that first day.
Chpt 14

There's also a large, well-stocked Career pack of ten tributes scouring the mountain area for victims.
Chpt 14

With the mountain spewing liquid fire, and the meadow offering no means of concealment, the remaining thirteen tributes--including Haymitch and Maysilee--have no choice but to confine themselves to the woods.
Chpt 14

Get more rest, work out a system to salvage more rainwater, fight as a team, and share the food from the dead tributes' packs.
Chpt 14

Later that day, another tribute is killed in combat and a third gets eaten by a pack of those fluffy squirrels, leaving Haymitch and a girl from District 1 to vie for the crown.†
Chpt 14

"Not just against the other tributes, but the Capitol, too," I say.
Chpt 14

tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

Cinna has a few more things to attend to, so I decide to head down to the ground floor of the Remake Center, which houses the huge gathering place for the tributes and their chariots before the opening ceremonies.
Chpt 15

Unlike last year, when all the tributes were practically glued to their chariots, the scene is very social.
Chpt 15

The victors, both this year's tributes and their mentors, are standing around in small groups, talking.
Chpt 15

While other tributes that year were hard-pressed to get a handful of grain or some matches for a gift, Finnick never wanted for anything, not food or medicine or weapons.
Chpt 15

As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of the other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia's idea of illuminating their tributes.
Chpt 15

Peeta and I, on the other hand, are so mesmerizing with our ever-changing coal costumes that most of the other tributes are staring at us.
Chpt 15

Cinna and Portia are there, pleased with our performance, and Haymitch has made an appearance this year as well, only he's not at our chariot, he's over with the tributes of District 11.
Chpt 15

Our tributes have been trees for forty years under her.
Chpt 15

The very image of what tributes should be.
Chpt 16

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(tribute as in: demanded they pay tribute)
payment by one nation for protection by another;
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

(editor's note: In this novel, tribute is used specifically to refer to teenagers forced to play in the Hunger Games. The teenagers are a type of payment demanded by the central government.)

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