tribute

/ˈtrɪb·jut/ n [C/U] (SHOW OF RESPECT)

Definition

› respect or admiration for someone, or a formal event at which respect and admiration are expressed: [U] The memorial pays tribute to Africans brought here as slaves. [C] There was a special tribute to Arthur Ashe by leading tennis players.

(Definition of tribute n (SHOW OF RESPECT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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tribal adj
tribe n
tribunal n
tributary n
tribute n GOOD EFFECT
tribute n SHOW OF RESPECT
trick adj WEAK
trick n ACT OF DECEIVING
trick n METHOD
trick v DECEIVE
trickery n

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