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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Contribution \Con`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. contributio: cf. F.
     contribution.]
     1. The act of contributing.
  
     2. That which is contributed; -- either the portion which an
        individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole
        which is formed by the gifts of individuals.
  
              A certain contribution for the poor saints which are
              at jerusalem.                         --Rom. xv. 26.
  
              Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical
              sciences.                             --Whewell.
  
     3. (Mil.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved
        on the people of a town or country.
  
              These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid
              by luckless peasants, enabled him to keep his
              straggling troops together.           --Motley.
  
     4. (Law) Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a
        share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their
        number for the common benefit.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contribution
       n 1: any one of a number of individual efforts in a common
            endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's
            success"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: {part},
             {share}]
       2: a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to
          some worthwhile cause [syn: {donation}]
       3: act of giving in common with others for a common purpose
          especially to a charity [syn: {donation}]
       4: an amount of money contributed; "he expected his
          contribution to be repaid with interest"
       5: a writing for publication especially one of a collection of
          writings as an article or story

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