proportion to contribution

  • 1contribution — con·tri·bu·tion n 1: payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as a: shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault compare apportion a b: pro rata apportionment of loss among all the… …

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  • 2contribution — [ kɔ̃tribysjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1317; lat. contributio 1 ♦ Part que chacun donne pour une charge, une dépense commune. ⇒ cotisation, 1. écot, 1. part, quote part, tribut. Il a donné telle somme pour sa contribution, en contribution, comme contribution.… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 3contribution — CONTRIBUTION. s. fém. Levée extraordinaire faite par autorité publique. Les Villages ont payé tant par contribution, par forme de contribution. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De ce qui se paye en temps de guerre par ordre du Général en pays ennemi.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 4CONTRIBUTION — s. f. Ce que chacun donne pour sa part d une dépense, d une charge commune. Il se dit surtout en Matière d impôts. Contribution foncière. Contribution mobiliaire. Contribution personnelle. Contribution des portes et fenêtres. Bureau des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 5contribution — Right of one who has discharged a common liability to recover of another also liable, the aliquot portion which he ought to pay or bear. Under principle of contribution, a tort feasor against whom a judgment is rendered is entitled to recover… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6contribution — Right of one who has discharged a common liability to recover of another also liable, the aliquot portion which he ought to pay or bear. Under principle of contribution, a tort feasor against whom a judgment is rendered is entitled to recover… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 7To each according to his contribution — To each according to their contribution is considered by Marxists and other socialists as a characteristic of society after a socialist revolution and before the transition to communism. Although the phrase has never been explicitly used (it has… …

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  • 8equal percentage contribution rule — ( EPCoR) Principle that each asset contributes the same proportion to the equilibrium portfolio rate premium and risk. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

    Financial and business terms

  • 9National Insurance contribution — /ˌnæʃ(ə)nəl ɪn ʃυərəns kɒntrɪˌbju:ʃ(ə)n/ noun a proportion of income paid each month by an employee and the employee’s company to the National Insurance scheme which helps to fund sickness and unemployment benefit and state pensions. Abbreviation …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 10ai-ti-, ai-to- : oi-to- —     ai ti , ai to : oi to     English meaning: part, share, allotment, quantity, quota, portion, stake, stock, proportion, cut, contribution     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Anteil”     Note: Root ai ti , ai to : oi to : “part, share, allotment,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary