contribution

[ kon-truh-byoo-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of contributing.
2. something contributed.

   Synonyms: benefaction, donation, gift

3. an article, story, drawing, etc., furnished to a magazine or other publication.
4. an impost or levy.
5. Insurance. the method of distributing liability, in case of loss, among several insurers whose policies attach to the same risk.

contribution

/ ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃən /

noun

1. the act of contributing
2. something contributed, such as money or ideas
3. an article, story, etc, contributed to a newspaper or other publication
4. insurance a portion of the total liability incumbent on each of two or more companies for a risk with respect to which all of them have issued policies
5. archaic.
   a levy, esp towards the cost of a war

Other Words From

• contri·bution·al adjective
• noncon·tri·bution noun
• over·contri·bution noun
• precon·tri·bution noun
• super·contri·bution noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of contribution¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English contribucio(u)n, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin contribūtiōn-, stem of contribūtiō “payment, distribution,” literally, “a bringing together,” equivalent to contribūt(us) “brought together” (past participle of contribuere; contribute ) + -iō -ion

Example Sentences

With the right traffic coming to the site, the team can focus on monetizing that traffic by driving and measuring site engagement, leads, and contribution to revenue.

From Search Engine Watch

In his introduction to “Let Me Tell You What I Mean,” her slim new volume, Hilton Als suggests that it’s Didion’s “feeling for the uncanny” that distinguishes her contribution to American nonfiction.

From Washington Post

The high-powered Chiefs, whose contribution to the 31-9 score late in the fourth quarter has been three field goals, are on the verge of becoming just the third Super Bowl contestant to fail to get into the end zone.

From Washington Post

I’ve had some real … I know what it’s like to be undervalued, to be not respected in your workplace, to have your contributions be diminished.

From Ozy

Participants are welcome to play individually or in a team to share knowledge on women’s contributions to sports, literature, and more.

From Washington Blade

Churchill would later say Turing made the single biggest contribution to allied victory.

From The Daily Beast

He was not known for saying, “Give me liberty, or give me a big campaign contribution.”

From The Daily Beast

Discarding the idea of testing the waters with a provocative contribution, I just asked what they would do.

From The Daily Beast

I felt my contribution to the world and to my listeners was worth more than $18.

From The Daily Beast

But deficit hawks should thank the Fed for another contribution.

From The Daily Beast

We can not measure it by the amount of its contribution to the product, for that is the very matter that we want to discover.

From Project Gutenberg

The greatest contribution which modern naturalists have made to knowledge concerns the origin of organic species.

From Project Gutenberg

There are many of us who would look twice at that shilling if we were asked for it as a simple contribution.

From Project Gutenberg

With the same reserve as in the case of his former volume, this is a valuable contribution to the literature of this subject.

From Project Gutenberg

As some small, tentative contribution to the understanding of this under-life, the plan of this volume has been designed.

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Related Words

• addition
• donation
• grant
• improvement
• increase
• input