Contribution

  • 11contribution — Contribution, Contributio …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 12contribution — (kon tri bu sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Ce que chacun donne pour sa part dans une charge commune. Il a donné tant pour sa contribution.    Contribution au sou la livre, au marc la livre, au marc le franc, la répartition de ce… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 13CONTRIBUTION — s. f. Ce que chacun donne pour sa part d une dépense, d une charge commune. Il se dit surtout en Matière d impôts. Contribution foncière. Contribution mobiliaire. Contribution personnelle. Contribution des portes et fenêtres. Bureau des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 14contribution */*/*/ — UK [ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkɑntrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms contribution : singular contribution plural contributions 1) something that you do that helps to achieve something or to make it successful a valuable/outstanding… …

    English dictionary

  • 15contribution — n. 1) to make a contribution 2) to send in a contribution 3) a charitable; generous; monetary; token; voluntary contribution (to make a generous contribution to charity) 4) a brilliant, notable, outstanding, remarkable; key; major; valuable… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 16contribution — noun 1 sth that helps cause/increase sth ADJECTIVE ▪ important, meaningful, significant ▪ big, enormous, great, huge, major, strong …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 17contribution — con|tri|bu|tion [ ,kantrı bjuʃn ] noun count *** 1. ) something that you do that helps to achieve something or to make it successful: a valuable/outstanding contribution: This program could not have been successful without Ken s valuable… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18contribution — con|tri|bu|tion W2S2 [ˌkɔntrıˈbju:ʃən US ˌka:n ] n 1.) something that you give or do in order to help something be successful contribution to/towards ▪ Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory. ▪ The school sees …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19CONTRIBUTION — n. f. Ce que chacun donne pour sa part d’une dépense, d’une charge commune. Il se dit surtout en Matière d’impôts. Contribution foncière, mobilière, personnelle, Receveur des contributions. Rôle, registre des contributions. Répartir, percevoir… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 20contribution — money placed in an individual retirement account ( IRA), an employer sponsored retirement plan, or other retirement plan for a particular tax year. Contributions may be deductible or nondeductible, depending on the type of account. Bloomberg… …

    Financial and business terms