Synonym: donation, part, share. Similar words: contribute, contributor, contribute to, distribution, constitution, constitutional, concentration, attribute. Meaning: [‚kɒntrɪ'bjuːʃn] 
n. 1. any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor 2. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause 3. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity 4. an amount of money contributed 5. a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story.
n. 1. any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor 2. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause 3. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity 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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91. The problems of assessing such links are, of course, huge, but there is scope for a contribution.
92. And he recognises that motorcycles can make a real contribution to reducing congestion.
93. She was brushing aside her own contribution, saying it was one thing to be seen but another to do something positive.
94. Quartz, feldspar, and the clay minerals make up the bulk of that contribution.
95. Noncitizens can make a contribution under the law, provided they hold green cards.
96. Biomedical Johnson Matthey's pharmaceutical business has seen continued growth and has made a strong contribution to group profits during the year.
97. Looks at housing association void management policy and practice, highlighting different approaches and the contribution of other agencies including local authorities.
98. Nor has the potential and positive contribution of musicians been widely acknowledged in the process of reform.
99. A cornettist equally capable of filigree delicacy and challenging power,[www.Sentencedict.com] Barnard's contribution to jazz is considerable.
100. The 20 percent. contribution will be abolished, the rebate system will be improved and single retired people will be protected.
101. Isotopic fingerprinting can also make an important contribution towards information about modern as well as ancient trade.
102. The guidance gives an insight into the respective contribution of staff at ward, unit and health authority level.
103. But even this ratio puts the best possible light on the contribution made by employment to the avoidable death toll.
104. The annual award is for the trainee deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the Trainee Solicitors Group.
105. Next year parents whose residual income is below ￡11,500 will not be assessed for a contribution.
106. We shall also be receiving ￡11 million from as their contribution towards putting their organic chemicals business into a joint venture with.
107. Atheists are people who think for themselves and defenders of reason, and their conviction that God does not exist is making a significant contribution to the development of thinking, rational and open- minded people. Dr T.P.Chia 
108. And the average contribution of parents continues to fall in real terms, higher education minister Alan Howarth has announced.
109. Mr. Greenway I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his formidable and invaluable contribution to the outcome of the Maastricht negotiations.
110. Under the Reagan and Bush administrations, this displeasure took the form of refusing to pay our assessed financial contribution.
111. As already mentioned, the male frequently has to make his contribution from outside.
112. Meanwhile its most valuable, perhaps unintended, contribution might be to aid the cause of grassroots subversion.
113. Music and sport are areas in which blacks have made the most celebrated and acclaimed contribution.
114. Whether as a bandleader or a creative supporting player, Blade's contribution is tremendously assured.
115. The banning of tobacco advertising would be a great contribution to achieving what the United States has already achieved.
116. From the closing decades of the eighteenth century Sunday schools began to make a contribution, but how significant a one?
117. This at once enhances the contribution which the court or parents can make towards reaching the best possible decision in all the circumstances.
118. An artist's contribution now, he says, must be assessed by reference to his positioning within the process of production.
119. This was a higher contribution to economic growth than that made by capital stocks.
120. The only Clough contribution came after just six minutes when he released Keane.
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