Term: tribute: payment by one nation for protection by another
Candidate hypernym: payment: the act of paying money → 1
Candidate hypernym: chancery: an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records → 0
Candidate hypernym: whole-word method: teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words → 0
Candidate hypernym: flaccid paralysis: weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles → 0
Candidate hypernym: open sesame: any very successful means of achieving a result → 0
Candidate hypernym: gaslight: light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas → 0
Candidate hypernym: electric socket: a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted → 0
Candidate hypernym: hutch: a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetin: any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together → 0
Candidate hypernym: franc: the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes → 0
Candidate hypernym: menu: the dishes making up a meal → 0