n.
Pronunciation: ˌ kän-tr ə - ' byü-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : a payment (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
– con · trib · u · tive \ k ə n- ' tri-by ə -tiv \ adjective
– con · trib · u · tive · ly adverb