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See: bounty, contribution, donation, duty, gift, honor, payment, present, recognition, recommendation, remembrance, remittance, respect, reward, tax TRIBUTE. A contribution which is sometimes raised by the sovereign from his subject, to sustain the expenses of the state. It is also a sum of money paid by one nation to another under some pretended right. Wolff, Sec. 1145. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Congress allocated $80,000 for tribute payment to the Barbary States; the next year Congress ransomed two American ships and their crews of 21 people from the dey (king) of Algiers for $60,000. The transformation of tribute payments from requirement of labor in Inca times to the requirement to provide goods and services and lastly, monetary payments based on the numbers of individual in each community, is analyzed well. |
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