tribute：释义

A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration: put up a plaque as a tribute to his generosity.

Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic: Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.

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.

A tax imposed for such payment.

Any payment exacted for protection.

A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.

The obligation to make such a payment.