( a. )
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
( a. )
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012