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

  • (..) I love this crowd. Air France made me. We walked out with $ without using a gun. And we did the right thing. We gave Paulie his tribute. Sixty thousand. It is going to be a good summer. I'm proud of you. That is a lot of money for a kid like you. Anybody asks you where you got it, (..)
    1990 Goodfellas
  • (..) ... or anyone listening to what he was being told. Hundreds of guys depended on him, and he got a piece of everything they made. It was a tribute, like in the old country, except they were doing it in America. All they got from Paulie was protection from the guys trying to rip them off. (..)
    1990 Goodfellas