8. Contribute (verb)

1. During the discussions MacDonald seemed to be listening, but he had nothing to contribute. 2. I'd like to thank all of you who contributed to the hospital appeal. 3. My parents said they would contribute something towards the cost of my driving lessons.4. Readers are invited to contribute their opinions on any of the issues discussed here.5. Several hundred people contributed articles, photographs, and cartoons.6. When we have class debates we try and get all the kids to contribute.7. All these contributed much to a sense of fellowship and corporate social identity as well as providing opportunities for personal development and individual enrichment. 8. Examiner correspondent Sandra Ann Harris contributed to this report. 9. I feel good that I can contribute.10. It negates home-field advantage for home-grown retailers and contributes to urban sprawl.11. Product delays contributed nearly $ 400 million in sales that would have normally come in the third quarter, analysts said. 12. She's hoping that private businesses will contribute to the upkeep.13. She chose the Council because she felt she wanted something where she could contribute to the community. 14. The more ideas the better, pupils and colleagues can be asked to contribute. 15. Alcohol contributes to 100, 000 deaths. 16. All of these folks, to varying degrees, have contributed to the new album as well.17. Did the removal of these restrictions contribute to the consumption boom of the late s? 18. Everyone has something to contribute to life.19. He asked if he could also have bonus money for the people below who had also contributed to his efforts. 20. In all of these areas, there are concepts and insights from linguistics which can contribute to pedagogical understanding. 21.The research is designed to contribute to an improved foundation for teacher training and teacher appraisal. 22. Trapp continually makes these stupid plays, and he does little to contribute to the team play. 23. Alicia Di Rado contributed to this article. 24. From 1872 onwards he contributed student articles to the Telegraphic Journal, which later became the Electrical Review. 25. Gladstone, over the years, contributed sixty-seven articles. 26. Mr Kidder contributed many articles on foreign affairs to the Boston Globe.

contribution (noun)

1. a journal with contributions from well-known writers; 2. health-care insurance contributions; 3. A few have a better matching contribution plan. 4. He stressed the contribution that pragmatic Britain could make.5. In addition, many companies make contributions to employee retirement plans at the start of the year. 6. Its contribution is particular rather than general, and some have questioned whether there is a need for two levels of appeal court. 7. Many like them have raised money for local charities or simply made a genuine and lasting contribution to their communities. 8. Pastor also received no contribution from the organization.9. His contribution to the development of the Olympus overhaul facilities at Rolls Wood Group, must be regarded as invaluable. 10. I am sure Harlequins' Troy Coker makes an invaluable contribution to the other players' understanding of the game. 11. Subscriptions and contributions to various appeals provide the bulk of our finances. 12. The chemical industry makes a crucial contribution to our health and prosperity and to protection of the environment. 13. These interventions from the outside made a strong contribution towards my freedom.14. These were people who already had made a substantial contribution to the state party. 15. They multiply this benefit by the likelihood that their personal contribution to the interest group will determine its success or continued existence. 16. We hope that the present series of unit texts will make a useful contribution to such a library. 17. If we all make a contribution, we'll be able to get him something really nice. 18. Several local businesses have made contributions towards our new school bus. 19. A school makes a contribution to a wide hierarchy of needs. 20. After 19 minutes he did make a contribution, an exciting dart through the midfield. 21. Living artists would keep adding to it by making contributions from their works. 22. Noncitizens can make a contribution under the law, provided they hold green cards. 23. Occasionally the partners would have to make a contribution to the settlement, but never such as to seriously damage their personal wealth. 24. The arithmetic of compound interest is such that delays in making contributions to trust funds tend to be quite costly. 25. An inefficient socialist economy and thirty years of increasingly corrupt one-party rule have made their contributions.