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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. the part played by a person in bringing about a result;
- Example: "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"
- Example: "they all did their share of the work"
[syn: contribution, part, share]

2. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause;
[syn: contribution, donation]

3. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity;
[syn: contribution, donation]

4. an amount of money contributed;
- Example: "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"

5. a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contribution \Con`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. contributio: cf. F.
   contribution.]
   1. The act of contributing.
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   2. That which is contributed; -- either the portion which an
      individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole
      which is formed by the gifts of individuals.
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            A certain contribution for the poor saints which are
            at jerusalem.                         --Rom. xv. 26.
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            Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical
            sciences.                             --Whewell.
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   3. (Mil.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved
      on the people of a town or country.
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            These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid
            by luckless peasants, enabled him to keep his
            straggling troops together.           --Motley.
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   4. (Law) Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a
      share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their
      number for the common benefit.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

120 Moby Thesaurus words for "contribution":
   accommodation, accordance, alms, alms fee, assessment, association,
   award, awarding, benefaction, beneficence, bestowal, bestowment,
   blackmail, call, call for, cess, chanty, charity, claim,
   cochairmanship, collection, communication, complicity, concession,
   condominium, conferment, conferral, conscience money,
   copartnership, copartnery, cotenancy, deliverance, delivery,
   demand, demand for, direct tax, dole, donation, donative, draft,
   drain, duty, endowment, engagement, exaction, extortion,
   extortionate demand, furnishment, gifting, giving,
   graduated taxation, grant, granting, handout, having a part,
   heavy demand, impartation, impartment, imposition, impost, indent,
   indirect tax, insistent demand, investiture, involvement,
   joint chairmanship, joint control, joint ownership, joint return,
   joint tenancy, levy, liberality, nonnegotiable demand, notice,
   offer, offering, offertory, order, partaking, participation,
   partnership, pittance, presentation, presentment, progressive tax,
   provision, requirement, requisition, rush, rush order,
   separate returns, sharing, single tax, subscription, suffrage,
   supertax, supplying, surrender, surtax, tax, tax base, tax dodging,
   tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure,
   tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation,
   taxing, tithe, toll, tribute, ultimatum, voting, votive offering,
   vouchsafement, warning, withholding tax