contribution

contribution
con|tri|bu|tion
W2S2 [ˌkɔntrıˈbju:ʃən US ˌka:n-] n
1.)
something that you give or do in order to help something be successful
contribution to/towards
▪ Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.
▪ The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society.
significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution
▪ Wolko made outstanding contributions to children's medicine.
2.)
an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something
▪ a campaign contribution
contribution of
▪ A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.
contribution to/towards
▪ Contributions to charities are tax deductible.
▪ You can make annual contributions of up to $1000 in education savings accounts.
3.)
a regular payment that you make to your employer or to the government to pay for things that you will receive when you are no longer working, for example health care, a ↑pension etc
▪ income tax and national insurance contributions
contribution to
▪ Have you been making regular contributions to a pension plan?
4.)
a piece of writing, a song, a speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc
contribution from
▪ a magazine with contributions from well-known travel writers
▪ a Christmas album featuring contributions from Carly Simon, Amy Grant, and others
5.) [U]
when you give money, time, help etc
▪ All the money has been raised by voluntary contribution.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • contribution — [ kɔ̃tribysjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1317; lat. contributio 1 ♦ Part que chacun donne pour une charge, une dépense commune. ⇒ cotisation, 1. écot, 1. part, quote part, tribut. Il a donné telle somme pour sa contribution, en contribution, comme contribution.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contribution — con·tri·bu·tion n 1: payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as a: shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault compare apportion a b: pro rata apportionment of loss among all the… …   Law dictionary

  • contribution — CONTRIBUTION. s. fém. Levée extraordinaire faite par autorité publique. Les Villages ont payé tant par contribution, par forme de contribution. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De ce qui se paye en temps de guerre par ordre du Général en pays ennemi.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • contribution — Contribution. s. f. v. Levée extraordinaire faite par authorité publique. Les villages ont payé tant par contribution, par forme de contribution. Il se dit aussi, De ce que l on paye aux ennemis pour se garentir du pillage, pour se redimer des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • contribution — margin The additional profit that will be earned by an organization when the breakeven point production has been exceeded. The unit contribution is the difference between the unit selling price of a product and its marginal cost of production.… …   Accounting dictionary

  • Contribution — Con tri*bu tion, n. [L. contributio: cf. F. contribution.] 1. The act of contributing. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is contributed; either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contribution — late 14c., from O.Fr. contribution and directly from L. contributionem (nom. contributio), from contribut , pp. stem of contribuere to bring together, add, contribute, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + tribuere to allot, pay (see TRIBUTE… …   Etymology dictionary

  • contribution — [kän΄trə byo͞o′shən] n. [ME contribucioun < OFr contribution < L contributio] 1. the act of contributing 2. something contributed, as money to a charity or a poem to a magazine 3. a) a special levy or tax b) Archaic a levy for supporting an …   English World dictionary

  • contribution — *donation, benefaction, alms Analogous words: grant, subvention, subsidy, *appropriation: *gift, present, largess, boon …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • contribution — [n] gift, offering addition, a hand, alms, augmentation, benefaction, beneficence, bestowal, charity, donation, do one’s part*, gifting, grant, handout, helping hand, improvement, increase, input, present, significant addition, subscription,… …   New thesaurus

  • contribution — Contribution, Contributio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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