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contributory, a. and n.|kənˈtrɪbjuːtərɪ|
[f. L. type *contribūtōri-us, f. contribūt- ppl. stem (see contribute) + -ory. Cf. F. contributoire ‘relating to contribution’ (Littré). See also contributary.]
A. adj.
1. That contributes to a common fund; making contribution.
1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 385 Euery crafte that ben contributory. c1470Harding Chron. clx. i, To make confederacy With Kyng Philip of Fraunce and aliaunce, Perpetually to be contributorie, Ether with other. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 25 The parishens or people, which by this acte shall be contributorie to suche almes. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 98 Every man that hath grounds lying within the Level..to be contributory to the charge. 1741T. Robinson Gavelkind vi. 112 All the Parcenors shall be contributory. 1852Grote Greece ii. lxxv. IX. 525 Without any contributory allies or any foreign support.
†b. Tributary. Obs.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Rev. xvi. (R.), To rule ouer all Christien kynges and princes, which she hath..made subject and contributorye vnto her. 1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. iii. iii, The great commander of the world..Besides fifteen contributory kings. 1601Chester Love's Mart., Ep. L. Tiberius (1878) 52 The whole huge circle of the world, Are made contributorie and owe vs homage.
c. Of things: Charged with a contribution.
1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 11 §1 The movable goodes, catalles and othre thinges usuelly to suche xvmes and xmes contributory and chargeable. 1575–6Act 18 Eliz. c. 17 Landes of auncient tyme contributorie to the Repayre of the same Bridge. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1378/1 Owners of the contributorie lands.
2. transf. and fig. That contributes anything to a common stock; bearing a share towards any purpose or result.
contributory negligence: negligence on the part of a person injured, which has contributed or conduced to the injury.
1594Bacon Gesta Grayorum Wks. VIII. 335 Wherein whatsoever the wit of man hath heretofore committed to books of worth may be made contributory to your wisdom. 1647Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 527 Accessary and contributory to our own destruction. 1694tr. Milton's Lett. State 29 July 1655, That the Advice or Intention of your Majesty were no way contributory to this prodigious Violence. 1816Keatinge Trav. II. 138 The river at the junction of the two contributory streams presents a truly noble appearance. 1870Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxxv. 27 He would have their gladness contributory to the divine glory. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. ii. 45 Modern doctrines on the subject of contributory negligence.
3. Relating to, or of the nature of, contribution.
1836For. Q. Rev. XVII. 406 Requests for more contributory help to the Mercury. 1883Fortn. Rev. May 693 Levying a contributory rate on neighbouring parishes.
B. n.
1. One who, or that which, contributes.
1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 372 The stewards & the contributories ther to belongynge. 1523Act 14–15 Hen. VIII, c. 4 §1 Contributories to all maner of Charges. 1523Fitzherb. Surv. 33 b, The eldest doughter shall do homage for all, and also y⊇ seruyces, and the other doughters shall be contrybutories, and beare euery one of them their porcyon. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. iv. 106 The burden to be borne by each contributory [to the wool-tax]. 1868― Pol. Econ. xii. (ed. 3) 165 As the rent of land is that which remains over and above the cost of production, it is paid last, i.e. when all the other contributories are satisfied.
2. Eng. Law. One who is bound, on the winding up of a joint stock company, to contribute toward the payment of its debts, as being, or representing, a present or past member of the company.
1848Act 11 & 12 Vict. c. 45 §3 The word ‘contributory’ shall include every member of a company, and also every other person liable to contribute to the payment of any of the debts, liabilities, or losses thereof. 1862Companies' Act (25 & 26 Vict. c. 89) §74 The term ‘contributory’ shall mean every person liable to contribute to the assets of a company under this act in the event of the same being wound up. 1889Lindley Companies 745 One of the first duties of the Court, after making a winding-up order, is to settle the list of contributories. |