
n. [ L. contributio: cf. F. contribution. ]
A certain contribution for the poor saints which are at jerusalem. Rom. xv. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]
Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid by luckless peasants, enabled him to keep his straggling troops together. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Life Insurance) A plan of distributing surplus by giving to each policy the excess of premiums and interest earned thereon over the expenses of management, cost of insurance, and the policy value at the date of computation. This excess is called the contribution of the policy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]