| 单词 | tribute |
| 释义 | tribute /trib"yooht/, n. 1. a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem. 2. a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like. 3. a rent, tax, or the like, as that paid by a subject to a sovereign. 4. any exacted or enforced payment or contribution. 5. obligation or liability to make such payment. [1300-50; ME tribut < L tributum a levied payment, n. use of neut. of ptp. of tribuere to assign, allot, deriv. of tribus TRIBE] Syn. 1. recognition, commendation, eulogy. 4. levy, toll, impost, duty. |
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