Tributer vs Tributes - What's the difference?
tributer | tributes |
(mining, UK) A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
As nouns the difference between tributer and tributes
is that tributer is a miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value while tributes is plural of lang=en.tributer
English
Noun
(en noun)- Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.
- (Weale)