Tributary
noun — Plural: Tributaries
- 1.
- (a tributary stream, or river; a tributary nation or ruler) ប្រឡាយដែលហូរចាក់ទៅក្នុងទន្លេមួយទៀតឬទៅក្នុងសមុទ្រ (ទន្លេ), river tributary ដៃទន្លេ, tributary of China រដ្ឋដែលជាចំណុះរដ្ឋមួយទៀត
adjective
- 1.
- (flowing into a larger one; subject, flowing into another; paying tribute, such as taxes) tributary stream ដែលហូរចាក់ទៅក្នុងទន្លេ ឬព្រែកមួយទៀត, tributary state ដែលជាចំណុះ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Tributaries
- 1.
- A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.
- 2.
- A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
adjective
- 1.
- Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
- 2.
- Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
- 3.
- Paid in tribute.
- 4.
- Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.