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Contributory definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRIBUTORY, a. Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. subject to a levy of supplies, money, or men b. contributing to a common fund or enterprise 2. of, relating to, or forming a contribution

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 that contributes. 2 operated by means of contributions (contributory pension scheme). --n. Brit. Law a person liable to contribute towards the payment of a wound-up company's debts. Phrases and idioms: contributory negligence Law negligence on the part of the injured party through failure to take precautions against an accident. Etymology: med.L contributorius (as CONTRIBUTE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Contributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories. One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. --Abbott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Contributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, a. Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive. --Milton. Bonfires of contributory wood. --Chapman. Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. --Wharton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen. (FORMAL) We now know that repressing anger is a contributory factor in many physical illnesses. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

accessory, additional, adjuvant, aidful, ancillary, another, appurtenant, auxiliary, beneficial, collateral, concessive, conducive, constructive, donative, extra, farther, fresh, further, furthersome, good for, helpful, intestate, more, new, other, plus, positive, profitable, remedial, salutary, serviceable, spare, subservient, subsidiary, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, testamentary, testate, therapeutic, ulterior, useful