contribution
What you offer
A contribution is something given or done to help achieve a goal or support a cause.
The word covers both material gifts—money, goods, time—and less tangible offerings like ideas or effort.
Her contribution to the discussion changed the direction of the project.
In financial contexts, contributions often refer to payments into retirement accounts, insurance plans, or charitable organizations.
The word can also acknowledge someone's role in a larger outcome: His contributions to the field earned him lasting recognition.
Aid or sponsorship
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
promotion · assistance · help · aid · guarantee · sponsorship · boost · furtherance
Item given freely
- presentGift or current moment
- offeringSomething presented or given
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- gestureCommunicative body movement
token · bestowal · generosity · benevolence · kindness · thoughtfulness · gratitude · appreciation
Generous giving for others
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- grantBestow or award money
funding · patronage · pledge · sponsorship · aid · tithe · alms · offering
State of being engaged
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- inputData received for processing
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
teamwork · role · voice · stake · part · share · inclusion · membership
Effort toward a goal
- pieceA portion or segment
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- submissionYielding to another's will
addition · content · authorship · composition · publication · manuscript · entry · writing
backing
Aid or sponsorship
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
championing · promotion · assistance · help · aid · guarantee · sponsorship · boost · furtherance · encouragement
gift
Item given freely
gesture · token · bestowal · generosity · benevolence · kindness · thoughtfulness · gratitude · appreciation · inheritance
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
grant · funding · patronage · pledge · sponsorship · aid · tithe · alms · offering · benefaction
involvement
State of being engaged
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- inputData received for processing
- effortApplied energy toward goals
collaboration · teamwork · role · voice · stake · part · share · inclusion · membership · cooperation
work
Effort toward a goal
- pieceA portion or segment
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- essayShort argumentative prose work
submission · addition · content · authorship · composition · publication · manuscript · entry · writing · opus
capital
Wealth used for investment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- sharesUnits of company ownership
funding · venture · portfolio · assets · dividends · returns · ROI · finance · wealth · securities
- cooperationteamwork, collaboration, joint effort, mutual aid, mutual support
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- contributionsdonation, gift, aid, help, assistance
- campaign financedonations, donation, donors, donor, fundraising
- retirement savingsretirement savings, retirement funds, 403b, retirement account, retirement fund
- endowmentsendowment, fund, trust fund, grant, scholarship
contributionwithdrawal
Act of taking away
extraction · taking · removal · appropriation · confiscation
contributionhindrance
Barrier to progress
obstruction · impediment · deterrent · sabotage · detriment
contributionabstention
Formal refusal to vote
nonparticipation · inaction · freeloading · neglect · withholding
- individual contributionssingle person's gifts
- campaign contributionMoney given to candidates
- contribution limitsMaximums on donations allowed
- pension contributionsPayments toward retirement fund
- contribution marginRevenue exceeding variable expenses
- charitable contributionGift to a cause