an amount of money or something else of value that you give in order to achieve something or to help make it successful
contribution to/towards:
We askedparents for a contribution towards the cost of the trip.
make a contribution:
His company made a very large contribution to the campaignfund.
contribution of:
Each of us was asked to make a contribution of £25.
Synonyms and related words
Unspecified amounts of money
amount
appropriation
a price on someone’s head
2a
usually plurala regular payment that you make when you are working that helps to pay for your pension or for benefits for people who are unemployed or ill
Pensioncontributions have risensteadily over the last few years.
If you earn less, you don’t paycontributions at all.
Synonyms and related words
Pensions
age pension
contribution
contributory
3
a story or article that you have written for a newspaper or magazine
Synonyms and related words
Parts of newspapers and magazines
advice column
agony column
announcement
contribution
noun countable
US /ˌkɑntrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n/
Word Forms
singular
contribution
plural
contributions
DEFINITIONS3
1
something that you do that helps to achieve something or to make it successful
a valuable/outstanding contribution:
This program could not have been successful without Ken’s valuable contribution.
contribution to:
her major contribution to the peaceprocess
make a contribution:
Communitypolice have made a very positive contribution to crimeprevention.