contributoryadjective
uk/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tər.i/us/kənˈtrɪb.jə.tɔːr.i/used to refer to something that you contribute to:
The company offers a contributory pension plan (= one to which both the employee and employer pay money).
Opposite
non-contributory
helping to cause something:
Too little exercise is a contributory factor in heart disease.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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Causing things to happen