contribution

noun

con·tri·bu·tion | \ ˌkän-trə-ˈbyü-shən

Definition of contribution

1 : a payment (such as a levy or tax) imposed by military, civil, or ecclesiastical authorities usually for a special or extraordinary purpose

2 : the act of contributing also : the thing contributed his $100 contribution to the cancer research fund

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Examples of contribution in a Sentence

They thanked him for his contribution of time and money. He made an important contribution to the debate. As mayor, he made many positive contributions to the growth of the city. a book of essays including contributions from several well-known political columnists The money was raised by voluntary contribution.

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The magazine leaned heavily on the contributions of the comic artist Mort Drucker, who in the 1980s donated to SMALLCAPSNational Review a drawing of Alfred E. Neuman, Mad’s gap-toothed mascot and cover boy on just about every issue. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 11 July 2019 All those organizations — and many more — benefited from Eddie’s contribution of time and treasure. — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, "Five Wounds Church in San Jose turning 100 years old," 6 July 2019 The Dallas Museum of Art is inconceivable without the contributions of its curator of almost 30 years, John Lunsford, who died earlier this week at 86. — Dallas News, "Appreciating John Lunsford, key in spurring Dallas Museum of Art's global reach," 3 July 2019 So far the specific contribution of the cap-and-trade scheme to emissions reductions is hard to measure, says Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future, who chairs the programme’s market advisory committee. — The Economist, "Can American states slow global warming on their own?," 29 June 2019 Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change. — Benjamin Neimark, Quartz, "The US military is a bigger polluter than more than 100 countries combined," 28 June 2019 Annual earnings combine the contribution of hourly wages and annual hours worked, and the latter is, much as Jones’s and Powell’s commentary suggests, a big reason for those earnings gains. — Jared Bernstein, Vox, "Low-income communities are finally feeling the expansion. The Fed is noticing.," 26 June 2019 The new award was created to recognize the unique contributions of league members to the organization, which locally got its start in 1966. — Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com, "Dulaney High prioritizes 'cleaner and greener'," 26 June 2019 This rendering of history writes out the movement’s scope and sweep, and the contributions of people like Johnson and Rivera. — Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, "Remembering Stonewall as It Actually Was—and a Movement as It Really Is," 24 June 2019

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