Noun tribute has 3 senses
  1. tribute, testimonial - something given or done as an expression of esteem
    --1 is a kind of approval, commendation
  2. tribute - payment by one nation for protection by another
    --2 is a kind of
    payment, defrayal, defrayment
  3. protection, tribute - payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
    --3 is a kind of extortion
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