A tribute is something that you say, do, or make to show your admiration and respect for someone. The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison He paid tribute to the organising committee
If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is. His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism
An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute