Tribute

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006179",
  "term": "Tribute",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A system of mining where workers, known as tributers, are paid a percentage of the value of the ore they extract, rather than a fixed wage. This arrangement incentivizes miners to find and extract higher-grade ore. The tribute system was common in historical hard rock mining operations.",
  "synonyms": [
    "encomium",
    "heriot"
  ],
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "see_also": [
    "tributer",
    "tributor"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Tribut",
    "es": "tributo",
    "fr": "tribut"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/tribute/"
}