Usually means: Payment for protection or allegiance.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word tribute:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tribute: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tribute: Merriam-Webster
  3. tribute, tribute: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tribute: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tribute: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tribute: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tribute, tribute: Wordnik
  8. tribute: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tribute: Wiktionary
  10. tribute: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tribute: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tribute: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Tribute, tribute: Dictionary.com
  14. tribute: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tribute: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Tribute (John Newman album), Tribute (Keith Jarrett album), Tribute (Ozzy Osbourne album), Tribute (Paul Motian album), Tribute (Right On), Tribute (Tenacious D song), Tribute (Yanni album), Tribute (album), Tribute (ballet), Tribute (disambiguation), Tribute (play), Tribute (song), Tribute (ticket), Tribute: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tribute: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tribute: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tribute: Rhymezone
  20. tribute: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tribute: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. tribute: FreeDictionary.org
  23. tribute: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. tribute: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. tribute: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tribute: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tribute: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tribute: Easton Bible
  2. Tribute: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tribute: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
noun:  An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
noun:  A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
noun:  Extortion; protection money.
noun:  A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
noun:  (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
verb:  (transitive) To pay as tribute.
noun:  (Internet slang, vulgar) Short for cum tribute. [(Internet slang, vulgar) A physical or on-screen copy of a person's image onto which someone has ejaculated semen, intended as sexual harassment or as an erotic practice; the act of producing such a work.]

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