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Meaning of CONTRIBUTION

Pronunciation:  `kântru'byooshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work"
  2. [n]  act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
  3. [n]  a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story
  4. [n]  an amount of money contributed; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"
  5. [n]  a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
 
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 Synonyms: donation, donation, part, share
 
 See Also: amount, amount of money, attempt, benefaction, effort, end, endeavor, endeavour, gift, gift, giving, offering, publication, publishing, subscription, sum, sum of money, try

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. contributio: cf. F.
contribution.]
1. The act of contributing.
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 individuals.
         A certain contribution for the poor saints which are
         at jerusalem.                         --Rom. xv. 26.
         Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical
         sciences.                             --Whewell.
3. (Mil.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved
   on the people of a town or country.
         These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid
         by luckless peasants, enabled him to keep his
         straggling troops together.           --Motley.
4. (Law) Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a
   share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their
   number for the common benefit.
 
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