tribute

Definition

  • noun: something that you say, give, or do to show respect or affection for someone
  • noun: a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection
  • + 'to'
  • synonyms: subsidy, contribution, compliment

Examples

  • a 'tribute album' [=a recording of a set of songs that another musician or musical group is known for performing]

  • It's a 'tribute to' her skills as a writer that she can make such a convincing case so efficiently.

  • an event at which artists and musicians 'paid tribute' to the famous composer

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) My love. "Remember us." As simple an order as a king can give. "Remember why we died." For he did not wish tribute or song... ...nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. His wish was simple. "Remember us"... ...he said to me. (..)
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