tribute

A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration.

Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic.

A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.

A tax imposed for such payment.

Any payment exacted for protection.

A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.

The obligation to make such a payment.

A stated sum of money or other valuable consideration paid by one prince or state to another in acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace, security, and protection, or by virtue of some treaty.