CONTRIBUTORY

conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

contributory (comparative more contributory, superlative most contributory)

Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution

Tending to contribute to a result

Source: Wiktionary


Con*trib"u*to*ry, a.

Definition: 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.

Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories (.

Definition: One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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