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contributory

  (kən-trĭb'yə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or involving contribution.
  2. Helping to bring about a result.
  3. Subject to an impost or levy.
n., pl. -ries.

One that contributes.


 
 
Insurance Dictionary: Contributory

Employee benefit plans under which both the employee and the employer pay part of the premium. Contribution ratios vary. For example, an employer contributes two dollars for every dollar contributed by the employee up to 6% of the employee's salary.

 
Thesaurus: contributory

adjective

  1. Giving or able to give help or support: accessory, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, collateral, subsidiary, supportive. See help/harm/harmless.
  2. Tending to contribute to a result: conducive, contributive. See participate/abstain.

 
WordNet: contributory
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
  Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributive


 
Translations: Translations for: Contributory

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bidragende, medvirkende, bidrags-, med-
n. - bidragyder

Nederlands (Dutch)
medebepalend, gezamenlijk gefinancierd door werkgever en werknemer, (mede-) aansprake- lijke vennoot

Français (French)
adj. - responsable, facteur de
n. - responsable, (Jur) faute de la victime entraînant un partage de la responsabilité

Deutsch (German)
n. - nachschußpflichtiger Gesellschafter
adj. - beitragend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμμέτοχος (για την ικανοποίηση πιστωτών κατά την εκκαθάριση εταιρίας)
adj. - συμμέτοχος, συνυπεύθυνος, συντελεστικός

Italiano (Italian)
contributivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - contribuinte (m), sócio (m) responsável de sociedade anônima (m) (Jur.)
adj. - contributário

Русский (Russian)
содействующий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - contributivo
n. - póliza de seguro que pagan empleados y patronos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bidragsgivare, bidragande faktor, aktieägare (jur.)
adj. - bidragande, som ger bidrag, medvållande (jur.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
贡献的, 捐助的, 贡献者, 捐助者

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 貢獻的, 捐助的
n. - 貢獻者, 捐助者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기부의, 기여하는, 각출제의
n. - 출자자, 무한 책임 사원

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 寄与する, 結果に影響する, 寄付の, 貢献する, 分担する
n. - 出資者, 清算出資者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أهمال أدى الى أصابه (قانون) (صفه) مساعد على, مساهم في, مؤد الى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תורם, של השתתפות העובדים, מסייע, מופעל ע"י כספי תרומות‬
n. - ‮תורם (בעיקר לכיסוי חובות)‬


 
 

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