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Definition of contribution

noun

  • a gift or payment to a common fund or collection:the agency is mainly financed from voluntary contributions
  • the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance:the major contribution of social scientists to the understanding of political life there was scarcely a branch of art to which he did not make a contribution
  • a piece of writing submitted for publication in a journal, book, etc.: local historians are requesting contributions for a forthcoming book on the history of the community

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a tax or levy): from late Latin contributio(n-), from Latin contribuere 'bring together, add' (see contribute)

contribution in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of contribution in the US English dictionary