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contribution definition

con·tri·bu·tion (kän′trə byo̵̅o̅′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of contributing
  2. something contributed, as money to a charity or a poem to a magazine
    1. a special levy or tax
    2. Archaic a levy for supporting an army in the field

Etymology: ME contribucioun < OFr contribution < L contributio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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