Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - contribution

(contributions) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it. He was awarded a prize for his contribution to world peace. N-COUNT: oft N to n 2. A contribution is a sum of money that you give in order to help pay for something. This list ranked companies that make charitable contributions of a half million dollars or more. = donation N-COUNT: oft N of n 3. A contribution to a magazine, newspaper, or book is something that you write to be published in it. N-COUNT