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contribution Definition

con·tri·bu·tion (kän′trə byo̵̅o̅′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of contributing
  2. something contributed, as money to a charity or a poem to a magazine
    1. a special levy or tax
    2. Archaic a levy for supporting an army in the field

Etymology: ME contribucioun < OFr contribution < L contributio

contribution Synonyms

contribution

n.

  1. Gift

    donation, present, bestowal, offering; see gift 1, grant.

  2. A significant addition

    augmentation, enrichment, supplement; see addition 2, increase 1.

  3. The act of contributing

    supplying, aiding, benefaction, participation; see giving.

contribution Law Definition

n

  1. The right of a debtor who has paid the entirety of a debt owed by her and others to recover the others’ proportionate share of the debt.
  2. The right of a joint tortfeasor who has paid more than her proportionate share of a judgment to recover the amount in excess of her share from the other tortfeasors.
  3. The right of a joint tortfeasor to demand that the other tortfeasors supply their proportionate share of what is required to compensate the injured party.
  4. A payment made by a co-debtor or joint tortfeasor of her proportionate share of what is due. See also indemnity.
contribution Usage Examples

Possessives

  • employer: You would need to continue to contribute and the overseas employer would need to reimburse the institution for the employer's contribution.

Converse of object

  • make: They made a really valuable contribution to a very special day.
  • recognize: I recognize the very significant contribution the legal profession has made over many years to ensuring that people have access to justice.
  • acknowledge: They acknowledged the contribution the UK's Guidelines had made to their own recommendations.
  • pay: You may be able to pay further contributions to your pension, which can soak up some unused tax relief.
  • welcome: I welcome the contribution this review makes to the debate.
  • celebrate: Founder's Day is held every year to celebrate the contribution of the Nicholas Chamberlaine charity, which still helps the schools.

Preposition: in

  • excess: Contributions in excess of the minimum will be gratefully accepted.

Adjective modifier

  • significant: Both aspects should make a significant contribution to the level of learning support offered by the learning environment.
  • outstanding: WEEK 4: Britain's Outstanding Contribution to Film: Issues of Realism in British Cinema.
  • valuable: They made a really valuable contribution to a very special day.
  • positive: In all, the volume is a very positive contribution.
  • voluntary: Voluntary contributions must usually be paid within six years of the date they were due.
  • substantial: The result has been the growth of a series of ventures, which now together make a substantial contribution to University statistics.

Noun used with modifier

  • pension: Employer's scheme pension contribution 15 per cent of basic salary.
  • employer: From this point onward, all of the money contributed toward these benefits is, in essence, an employer contribution.
  • insurance: Paying national insurance contributions in the UK can also help you build up entitlements in your home country.
  • employe: The real benefit of the scheme was the PAYE and NI saving as employe contributions were deducted from salary before tax.
  • one-off: In addition a one-off contribution of £ 14.4 million was paid into the scheme in December 2004.
  • nursing: The Strategy provides a focus for practice development and actively encourages and strengthens the nursing contribution within the Trust.
contribution Quotes

A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it.

—Thomas, Dylan Marlais

It often happens that a man of considerable eminence in his own profession, but without the smallest acquaintance with the fundamentals of economics, will make a suggestion which is precisely on a level with the proposition that the locomotive would be much more efficient if itsweight weretakenoffthe driving wheelsso that they could revolve more easily. The editor of an important magazineacceptswithjoy the contributionin whichhedevelopshisideas, and thepublic feebly thinks that there may be something in it, and is confirmed in this view by the fact that professional economists are as disinclined to publisha refutationof it asthe Astronomer Royal is to answer the theorists who declare that the world is flat.

—Cannan, Edwin

Man's contribution to human history is nothing more than a drop of sperm.

—Jiang Qing or  Chiang Ch'ing