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/kˌɑntrəbjˈuʃən/ Listen

noun

Contribution n.

The act of contributing.

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." "Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences."

(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."

(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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... improved so much in taste and skill that Mrs. Dunn raised her wages—or salary, as she genteelly called it—and put her at the head of the department in which she so much excelled, so that she could not bear to give up her contribution to the little fund that Jane was putting into the ...

— Mr. Hogarth's Will • Catherine Helen Spence

... prepared for the use of the young, no explanation is given of it, but in both the Arabic origin of 'sofa' is given. In one the question is asked what other words in English have been derived from the Arabic.' ('Abracadabra' would be my little contribution.) ...

— On The Art of Reading • Arthur Quiller-Couch

... the University was Michigan's first great contribution to the Nation. The inauguration of practical laboratory work in science, as well as the speedy organization of Medical and Engineering Departments, was the second step. This led to a new relationship between education and practical life; others besides candidates ...

— The University of Michigan • Wilfred Shaw

... her ordinary attire, (this flight was by the Reverend Mr. Chatterly,)—and that "Miss Mowbray being at hame, had an unco gude right to please hersell;" which last piece of politeness, being at least as much to the purpose as any that had preceded it, was the contribution of honest Mrs. Blower; and was replied to by Miss Mowbray with a ...

— St. Ronan's Well • Sir Walter Scott

... while every philosophical thinker hails it as a veritable Whitworth gun in the armoury of liberalism; and all competent naturalists and physiologists, whatever their opinions as to the ultimate fate of the doctrines put forth, acknowledge that the work in which they are embodied is a solid contribution to knowledge and inaugurates a ...

— Darwiniana • Thomas Henry Huxley

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