English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of tributary

tributary

/ सहायक नदी; उप-नदी; उप-नहर; करदाता; गौण;

Synonym Influent; tax payer; accessory;

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English Dictionary:

1. Tributary

[a.]

- Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
- Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
- Paid in tribute.
- 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.

2. Tributary

[n.]

- 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.
- A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.