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Contribution   /kˌɑntrəbjˈuʃən/   Listen
Contribution

noun
1.
The part played by a person in bringing about a result.  Synonyms: part, share.  "They all did their share of the work"
2.
A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause.  Synonym: donation.
3.
Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity.  Synonym: donation.
4.
An amount of money contributed.
5.
A writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story.



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"Contribution" Quotes from Famous Books



... of nice people," observed Bessie one day, when, near Christmas, she looked at the larder shelves fairly laden with good things. One kind friend had sent them a barrel of oysters. Aunt Charlotte's contribution had been a stock of apples that would last ...
— Our Bessie • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... by the mystery of Existence; under the deep heavenly Firmament; waited on by the four golden Seasons, with their vicissitudes of contribution, for even grim Winter brought its skating-matches and shooting-matches, its snow-storms and Christmas-carols,—did the Child sit and learn. These things were the Alphabet, whereby in aftertime he was to syllable and partly read the ...
— Sartor Resartus - The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh • Thomas Carlyle
... which was used by the Democrats as a campaign document. It was a labor of love, for the friendship that had been begun between these two men in their college days had never been broken, and though naturally averse to every thing that savored of politics, our author made this contribution to the cause of his friend with all the heartiness of his nature. Pierce was profoundly touched by this unexpected aid, for he knew how utterly Hawthorne detested political strife, and when seated in the Presidential ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.
... its smell," was Leonello's contribution. "It is natural that the Castle of Manzecca should smell differently ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1920 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... common labour and assistance, until the corn, or other articles cultivated upon it, are ripe. Each family then gathers and deposits in its store-house its own proper share, setting apart a small gift or contribution for a public granary, which stands near the centre ...
— Travels in North America, From Modern Writers • William Bingley


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