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tribute money

tribute money noun: money which is paid as a tax or a tribute.

Noun

tribute money (countable and uncountable, plural tribute moneys)

  1. Money which is paid as a tax or a tribute.
    • Tell vs there foꝛe: howe thynkeſte thou? is it lawfull to yeve tribute vnto Ceſar / oꝛ not? Ieſus perceaved there wylynes / ãd ſayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes? lett me ſe the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny. And he ſayde vnto them: whoſe is thys ymage ãd ſuperſcripciõ? They ſayde vnto...1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:[17–21], folio xxxj, verso

Forms of tribute money

pluraltribute moneys

Questions about tribute money

What does tribute money mean?
Tribute money means money which is paid as a tax or a tribute.
What part of speech is tribute money?
Tribute money is a noun.
What is the plural of tribute money?
The plural of tribute money is tribute moneys.

Words near tribute money in the dictionary

  1. tributaryless
  2. tribute
  3. tribute act
  4. tribute band
  5. tribute bands
  6. tribute money
  7. tribute moneys
  8. tribute wall
  9. tribute walls
  10. tributed
  11. tributer

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