<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.</li><li>a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like.</li><li>a rent, tax, or the like, as that paid by a subject to a sovereign.</li><li>any exacted or enforced payment or contribution.</li><li>Synonyms: duty, impost, toll, levy.</li><li>obligation or liability to make such payment.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>