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contributory
[ kuhn-trib-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- furnishing something toward a result:
a contributory factor.
- of, relating to, or constituting an insurance or pension plan the premiums of which are paid partly by an employer and partly by employees.
- subject to contribution or levy.
noun
- a person or thing that contributes.
contributory
/ kənˈtrɪbjʊtərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- often foll by to sharing in or being partly responsible (for the cause of something)
a contributory factor
- giving or donating to a common purpose or fund
- of, relating to, or designating an insurance or pension scheme in which the premiums are paid partly by the employer and partly by the employees who benefit from it
- liable or subject to a tax or levy
noun
- a person or thing that contributes
- company law a member or former member of a company liable to contribute to the assets on the winding-up of the company
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Other Words From
- noncon·tribu·tory adjective noun plural noncontributories
- uncon·tribu·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contributory1
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Example Sentences
He contracted Hepatitis C from drug use, which was a contributory factor in his death.
He was a strong athletic young man, in spite of his long hair—or might that have been, as in Samson's case, a contributory cause?
Another contributory source to this oddest freak of my life was the terms on which I had returned to the college.
The expression “contributory place” means a place other than a parish chargeable with special expenses.
But we may well consider these reconstructions as contributory essays and experiments in the general constructive effort.
This warfare finds contributory causes in tribal migrations.
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