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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contributory \Con*trib"u*to*ry\, n.; pl {Contributories}. One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. --Abbott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contributory \Con*trib"u*to*ry\, a. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contributory adj : 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" [syn: {conducive}, {contributing(a)}, {contributive}]
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