contribution
Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
Other meanings
An amount of money given toward something.
“He made a contribution of $100 for the victims of the flood.”
The act of contributing.
Synonyms
- part
- share
Related words
- microcontribution
- noncontribution
- overcontribution
- recontribution
- contribution base
- contributional
- defined contribution
- defined contributions
- cuntribution
- goal contribution
Word history
From Latin "contribuēre".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “contribution” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.