See Also: plaint(1)(dictionary)
plaint(2)(dictionary)
PLAINT, Eng(law)
Plaint Note(law)
Plaint Number(law)

tribute (iou) and plaint(1) (iou)


tribute (iou)



tribute noun & verb. LME.
[Latin tributum use as noun of neut. of tributus pa. pple of tribuere assign, allot, grant, (lit. 'divide among the tribes'), from tribus TRIBE noun.]
A. noun.
Hist.
a. A payment made periodically by one State or ruler to another as a sign of dependence or submission or to ensure peace and protection; money or goods paid periodically by a subject to his sovereign or a vassal to his lord. LME.
T. H. White The Dictator of Rome..had sent an embassy asking for tribute from Arthur.
b. (An) obligation to pay this. LME.
Robert Hall His imperial fancy has laid all Nature under tribute.
transf. & fig. Something said, done, or given as a mark of respect or affection etc. L16.
P. Fitzgerald He wore..a..peasant's blouse, a tribute to the memory of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Times Floral tributes following the passing away of..Mr Jayant.
b. A thing attributable to or indicative of a praiseworthy quality etc. E20.
Times It is a tribute to the Success of the Territorial experiment..that these squadrons should have been chosen.
Mining. A proportion of ore raised, or its equivalent value, paid to a miner for his work, or to the owner of the mine or the land. L18.
work on tribute work under the system of paying or receiving certain proportions of the produce.
Comb.: tribute-money: paid as tribute.
b. verb.
verb intrans. & trans. Pay (something) as tribute. rare. LME-M17.
verb intrans. Mining. Work on tribute. M19.
tributor, tributer noun (a) a person who pays tribute; (b) a miner who works on tribute: L15.

plaint(1) (iou)



plaint noun. ME.
[from Old & mod. French plainte use as noun of pa. pple fem. of plaindre, or from Old French plaint, pleint from Latin planctus, from plangere PLAIN verb.]
The action or an act of plaining; (a) lamentation. Now chiefly literary. ME.
L. Durrell Professional mourners..with their plaints for the dead. transf.: F. Norris A jangling of bells and a moaning plaint of gearing.
A statement or representation of wrong, injury, or injustice suffered; a complaint. Formerly also, cause or matter of complaint. arch. ME.
J. Baillie They graciously, His plaint and plea receiv'd. A. Storr Emptiness is a characteristic plaint of depressives.
Law. An oral or written statement of grievance made to a court for the purpose of obtaining redress; an accusation, a charge. ME.
plaintful adjective (long rare) (a) grievous; (b) full of mourning or complaint, mournful: ME.