" contribution "

 [ "contribution" ]

1: (n.) Selling price minus cost of production. The contribution goes first to paying off overheads, then to profit

  * e.g.,  ... We have It costs £40 to make, and we sell for £55. That gives us £15 contribution. This goes to paying off our electricity (actually semi-variable) 

 [ "contribution" ]

1: the act of paying tribute to any female organ.

  * e.g.,  ... Thank you for your contribution. 

 [ "contributation" ]

1: similar to contribution, but larger. leaving a larger effect in its wake.

  * e.g.,  ... when youre in a ceremony and the speaker says "thank you for your contributation!" you would answer, "it was hard work, but we contributated a lot." 

 [ "Contribution" ]

1: A gift or payment to a common fund or collection

  * e.g.,  ... I made a Contribution via Google in exchange for money 

 [ "contributing" ]

1: (short for contributing to society):

  * e.g.,  ... President elect: "Ya'll oughta cown-tree-bute!" 

 [ "contributing" ]

2: 1)What everty warm-blooded college graduate/Silicon Valley inhabitant (who can pay his rent), man, woman, and child should be doing;

  * e.g.,  ... me/you: I contribute every year and every waking moment of my life which I personally strive to make as beneficial to men of all walks of life (avoid adding the obvious "especially the poor"). 

 [ "contributing" ]

3: 2)the act of helping your fellow man;

 [ "contributing" ]

4: 3)giving positive input;

 [ "contributing" ]

5: 4)making life better for everyone;

 [ "contributing" ]

6: 5)tax evasion;

 [ "net contribution" ]

1: Either literally a financial amount or figuratively towards an artistic (or other) genre that an individual has made during their lifetime. Also used sarcastically.

  * e.g.,  ...  The net contribution of Beethoven to the Symphony is incalculable. 

 [ "Campaign contribution" ]

1: A campaign contribution is simply a bribe.

  * e.g.,  ... We contributed to the President's campaign by sending him loads of $cash. Thus, we gave him a campaign contribution. 

 [ "vaginal contribution" ]

1: an effort or opinion put forth by the fairer sex

  * e.g.,  ... Mom: Tom, I finished washing your protein stained pj's Tom: I appreciate the vaginal contribution mom 

 [ "Bush's contribution to the arts." ]

1: The looting of the Bagdad muesum in the second gulf war.

  * e.g.,  ... What do you think about Bush's contribution to the arts?Bush's contribution to the arts. 

 [ "Defined-contribution plans" ]

1: Defined-contribution (DC) retirement plans allow employees to invest pre-tax dollars in the capital markets where they can grow tax-deferred until retirement. Simpler Explained: A defined contribution plan is a common workplace retirement plan in which an employee contributes money and the employer typically makes a matching contribution Essentially, they are retirement plans that companies may offer as a benefit in which you, your employer or both make contributions on a regular basis.

  * e.g.,  ... The most common examples of defined-contribution plans are the 401(k) and the 403(b).