"to pay tribute to someone" What that mean? Is that mean to honor someone? How?
2007-03-02 12:21:35 · 3 answers · asked by Angela 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The original meaning was to pay taxes to the head of state. Nowadays it is taken to mean honouring someone publicly. Sometimes the honouring can take the form of a ceremony in which people say all manner of admiring things about the person concerned, at other times it can simply be a means of acknowledging one's debt of gratitude to the person concerned in a public manner. Some people have to wait until they die before tribute is paid to them in this way; other people receive accolades while they are still alive to enjoy them.
2007-03-02 12:35:09 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Paying Tribute" is a way of listing all their accomplishments and good attributes or personality traits. Its a general term for saying something good about another.
2007-03-02 20:29:14 · answer #2 · answered by totallymine2004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's to honor somebody through a respectful acknowledgement sort of thing...
2007-03-02 20:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Kalistrat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋