Contributory
[kən'trɪbjʊt(ə)rɪ] or [kən'trɪbjətɔri]
Definition
(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.
(n.) One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.
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Examples
- But these were secondary contributory causes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But we may well consider these reconstructions as contributory essays and experiments in the general constructive effort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A contributory factor it certainly is, but the country's destiny is not bound up finally with its solution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Divorce is a contributory factor to sexual vice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Whatever it may be, there does seem to be some relation of cause and effect between the two factors, and doubtless all three of the causes have exercised a contributory influence. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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