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1. Something given or done as an expression of esteem
   - testimonial
    
2. Payment by one nation for protection by another
    
3. Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
   "every store in the neighbourhood had to pay him tribute";
   - protection

Derived forms: tributes

Type of: approval, commendation, defrayal, defrayment, extortion, payment

Encyclopedia: Tribute