Tributary

Noun

 * 1) A river that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
 * 2) A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Quotations

 * nation paying tribute
 * 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
 * As England was his faithful tributary.

Adjective

 * 1) Related to the paying of tribute.

Thesaurus
accessory, affluent, bayou, beck, billabong, branch, brook, burn, client, collateral, confluent, confluent stream, conquered, creek, dendritic drainage pattern, dependent, effluent, feeder, feudal, feudatory, fork, inferior, kill, liege, minor, offshoot, prong, rill, rivulet, run, runlet, runnel, satellite, secondary, servile, streamlet, sub, subdued, subject, subjugated, subordinate, subservient, under, vanquished, vassal

Etymology
From tributarie:, from  tributarius:, from tributum:.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 支流
 * Croatian: pritok
 * Finnish: sivujoki
 * German: Nebenfluss, Zufluss
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish:


 * Japanese: 支流
 * Latvian: ieteka
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Japanese: 属国
 * Japanese: 属国


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * Finnish: verovelvollinen

Related terms

 * tribute