Synonyms for contribution
ˌkɒn trəˈbyu ʃəncon·tri·bu·tion

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1. contribution

   Synonyms:
   donation, oblation, offering, gift, subscription, subsidy, aid, assistance

   Antonyms:
   withholding, retention, disallowance, misappropriation, misapplication, contravention

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1. contribution, part, sharenoun

   the part played by a person in bringing about a result

   "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"

   Synonyms:
   parting, division, component, role, donation, constituent, share, function, portion, part, percentage, voice, section, parcel, ploughshare, piece, office, character, theatrical role, plowshare, region, component part, persona

2. contribution, donationnoun

   a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

   Synonyms:
   donation, part, share

3. contribution, donationnoun

   act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

   Synonyms:
   donation, part, share

4. contributionnoun

   an amount of money contributed

   "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"

   Synonyms:
   donation, part, share

5. contributionnoun

   a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story

   Synonyms:
   donation, part, share

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1. • Gift
   • Giving
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1. contributionnoun

   Synonyms:
   grant or bestowment of a share

2. contributionnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift, donation, offering, subscription

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1. List of paraphrases for "contribution":

   contributions, input, contribute, contributing, participation, assessment, contributor, premium, speech, role, intake, involvement, beitrag, intervention, inputs, contributory, contributed

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1. Roberta Rafaloff:

   If you go back 40 years to the time when defined contribution plans were in their infancy, they were seen as companion savings plans to pensions, plan sponsors didn’t think of them as a plan for generating income streams until recently.

2. Tom Forte:

   From a hardware standpoint, I think you can make the argument that it's been more iterative than revolutionary, but I think that diminishes Apple CEO Tim CookFrom contribution to the company, apple CEO Tim CookFrom said...' What can Apple Music be ? Apple Music can be Apple Music, Apple Music can be Apple Music, Apple Music can be much more than the App Store.'.

3. Michael Hoffmann:

   As individuals our individual contribution is small but as aggregate it’s important, if we drove a little less, turned the lights out at home, that would reduce our energy use. Many of us who own homes can install solar. The opportunities for individuals are wide open. Everyone can also raise their voices, all of us can do that for the sake of the future. Everyone can do a better job.

4. Dave Clark:

   This is about a celebration of Freddie, what an amazing contribution he did to our music industry.

5. Frank Crane:

   Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.