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

  • (..) Is it ready yet? Almost, ma'am. They're working on it. Wait, your crew is zombies? They prefer "dead Confederate sailors whose lives have been given in tribute to Ares." But "zombies" is fine. Reardon! Gun! Faster! Now! Gun is hot, Cap'n. Locked and loaded. Aim it at that meat grinder. Wait, wait. (..)
    2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters