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Tribute of silver received in house (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

homage

'tribute' is the definition.
(an homage is respect paid to someone)

'silver received in house' is the wordplay.
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'received in' indicates putting letters inside.
'house' becomes 'home' (homing is a kind of housing).
'ag' put within 'home' is 'HOMAGE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for homage that I've seen before include "Tribute, reverence" , "Things said to show respect, obeisance" , "Respect - acknowledgement of allegiance" , "Honour or respect shown publicly" , "Things said as mark of respect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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