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

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1. contribution

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

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

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1. • Gift
   • Giving
   • Publication
   • Sum

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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

How to use contribution in a sentence?

1. Sidharth Nath Singh:

   By ending the speculation it will allow us to assess his full contribution to the independence movement.

2. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   They are making a contribution to the Indonesian prison system and in fact the story of their rehabilitation is something of which Indonesia can be proud, we believe their lives should be spared and they should be given a second chance.

3. Peter Cunningham:

   John Hickenlooper still believes John Hickenlooper has an important contribution to make to the Democratic primary debate.

4. Sterling Burnett:

   I thought this was really innovative, if Sterling Burnett wants to buy up these coal mines and coal companies and package coal to power plants with trees to suck up carbon emissions, and this helps save the coal companies, then Sterling Burnett has made a real positive contribution.

5. Seshagiri Rao:

   If they are making money in the domestic market, by exporting, as long as they're able to recover some contribution towards their fixed cost they're pushing volume.

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