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What is the noun for tributary?

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tribute
  1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
  2. A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
  3. Extortion; protection money.
  4. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
  5. (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Visible throughout the city, the statues were built as a tribute to the liberators.”
      “Olivia Wilde wrote a tribute to Harry Styles praising his humility and grace on the set of their new film.”
      “I had arranged for a custom gift as a tribute for Dame Miriam. It was a leather-bound book of her life, complete with maps, news clippings, and historical data of the places she and her ancestors had lived in.”
tributary
  1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
  2. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Look out for the tributary flowing into the main river.”
tributariness
  1. The quality or state of being tributary.
tributaries
  1. plural of tributary
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The primary example of this habitat occurs along the upper reaches of Accokeek Creek and its maze of tributaries.”
      “The screen fades to green, and the names of all 336 tributaries are slowly reeled off, in apparent contrast to the vagaries of story-telling.”
      “These predators are excluded from upstream tributaries by rapids and barrier waterfalls.”
tributes
  1. plural of tribute
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Guests will hear tributes and testimonials about the career, but only a little of the tension and trauma of that political life.”
      “They express their profound gratitude to those who sent Mass cards, letters and cards of sympathy, floral tributes and phone calls.”
      “Today tributes poured in for Alex who was married just a year ago, but maintained her maiden name in her profession.”
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