different between subsidy vs tribute

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium, from subsidere (“to settle down, stay, remain”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?bs?di/

Noun

subsidy (countable and uncountable, plural subsidies)

1. Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
2. (dated) Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.

Antonyms

• tax

Related terms

• subsidize
• subsidiary
• subside
• subsidence

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot, grant, give, bestow, etc.”), usually derived, from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??bju?t/

Noun

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)

1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     the passing tribute of a sigh

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

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

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 […]

Synonyms

• heriot

Related terms

• tribe
• tribal
• tributary

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To pay as tribute.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Whitlock (1654) to this entry?)

Related terms

• attribute
• contribute
• distribute

Further reading

• tribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tribute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• burtite, turbite

Latin

Participle

trib?te

1. vocative masculine singular of trib?tus

Portuguese

Verb

tribute

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
3. first-person singular imperative of tributar
4. third-person singular imperative of tributar

Spanish

Verb

tribute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tributar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tributar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tributar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tributar.