Tribute

trib′ūt, n. a fixed amount paid at certain intervals by one nation to another for peace or protection: a personal contribution: acknowledgment, or homage paid.— adv. Trib′ūtarily .— n. Trib′utarine .— adj. Trib′ūtary , paying tribute: subject: yielding supplies of anything, subsidiary: paid in tribute.— n. one who pays tribute: a stream which contributes water to another.— ns. Trib′ute-mon′ey , money paid as tribute; Trib′ūter , a miner paid by a proportion of the ore raised. [L. tributum — tribuĕre , to a ign— tribus , a tribe.]