tribute

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  1. noun A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration: put up a plaque as a tribute to his generosity.
  2. noun Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic: Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.
  3. noun A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.
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  • The Seattle rock act Queensrÿche recorded "American Soldier" to honor the sacrifices of our armed forces, but this tribute is also a testimony to the band's enduring talent.
  • Also featured in the tribute is a discussion about President Obama's interest in Lincoln's presidency at the Harrison Museum of African American Culture. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • By midday Monday, the CNN. com story on the tribute was the fourth most viewed story. —  DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS
  • The best part of this tribute is all the gorgeous music by John Williams. —  EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
  • Joe Sakic retires whether his tribute will be as long as the one that the monkey is getting. —  CTV News RSS Feed
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contribution ·  homage ·  compliment ·  acknowledgment ·  reward ·  praise ·  gift ·  appreciation ·  testimony ·  token ·  sacrifice ·  gratitude

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tribute:   tributes
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  1. Middle English tribut, from Old French, from Latin tribūtum, from neuter past participle of tribuere, to pay, distribute, from tribus, tribe; see tribe.

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  1. from Middle English tribute, trybute, tribute trybut, from Old French tribut (also vernacularly treü, later Middle English trew: see trew), F. tribut =Provencal trebut, trabug, trabus, trabut, traut, treu =Spanish Portuguese Italian tributo, from Latin tributum, tribute, literally ‘a thing contributed or paid,’ neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere, assign, allot, grant, give, bestow, etc., usually derived from tribus, tribe (taken as orig. a part?): see tribe. Hence attribute, contribute, distribute, retribute.
  2. from Middle English tributen, from Latin tributus, past participle of tribuere, assign, allot, grant, give: see tribute, n.
 

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