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English to English noun
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something given or done as an expression of esteem |  | source: wordnet30
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payment by one nation for protection by another | | source: wordnet30
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payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | | Example: every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection
source: wordnet30
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An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute. | | source: webster1913
verb
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To pay as tribute. | | source: webster1913
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