HOW TO PRONOUNCE
contributor
/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/
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What does contributor mean?
noun
- A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
- A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
- A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.
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IPA pronunciation
/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/
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Tremendously headstrong, he has been known to keep a contributor under lock and key until his article was finished.
Manufacturing accounts for about 30% of GDP, with the textile and clothing industry a major contributor.
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To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its nominal editor.
Capitation taxes, if it is attempted to proportion them to the fortune or revenue of each contributor, become altogether arbitrary.
The same rate of taxation which may easily be supported by a wealthy contributor will reduce a poor one to extreme misery.