tribute
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Is tribute a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.Examples: "The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable"; "1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]"countableuncountable
2. (Internet slang, vulgar) Ellipsis of cum tribute.Internetabbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisuncountablevulgar
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To pay as tribute.Examples: "Amorous Trifler, that spendeth[…]his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary