tribute money

noun

Money which is paid as a tax or a tribute.

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Meanings

nountribute money (countable and uncountable, plural tribute moneys)

plural tribute moneys

  1. countableuncountablebusinessMoney which is paid as a tax or a tribute.
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    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 hym: Ceſars. Thẽ ſayde he vnto thẽ: Geve therefoꝛe to Ceſar / that which is ceſars: and geve vnto god / that which is goddꝭ.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:[17–21], folio xxxj, verso
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