tributeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 tribut, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/

名詞

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)

1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

   Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.

   • 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:

     the passing tribute of a sigh

   1. An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.

      Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?

2. A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

   The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.

3. Extortion; protection money.
4. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
5. (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
   • 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :

     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 […]

6. (Internet slang, vulgar) Ellipsis of cum tribute.

使用する際の注意点

• Often used in the construction pay tribute to.

同意語

• encomium
• heriot

派生語

関連する語

• tribe
• tribal
• tributary

動詞

tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)

1. (transitive) To pay as tribute.
   • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia:

     Amorous Trifler, that spendeth […] his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.

関連する語

• attribute
• contribute
• distribute

Further reading

• “tribute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tribute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• burtite, turbite