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

  • (..) You tricked me... All old and cute on the outside and horrible and cruel on the inside. I was planning an amazing tribute for you... Stories and poems and a dozen purple balloons to signify a cluster of grapes. Well, now I'm gonna pop them so they look like raisins, (..)
    2010 TvShow: Scrubs Title: Our Thanks Season: 9 Episode 13
  • (..) Yeah. Hi. I'm Lucy Bennett. We worked with your father in our Anatomy class, and, um, I'm sort of in charge of our group's tribute to him. And I just want to know if there's anything you wanted us to include. Well, how about that he was a miserable, horrible dad (..)
    2010 TvShow: Scrubs Title: Our Thanks Season: 9 Episode 13