CONTRIBUTION


Meaning of CONTRIBUTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkän-trə-ˈbyü-shən ]

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 kən-ˈtri-byə-tiv adjective

• con·trib·u·tive·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.