contrevent, n.m., window-shutter, outside shutter.
contre-vérité, n.f., (—-—s) irony; mock praise, antiphrasis.
contre-visite, n.f., (—-—s) second search.
contre-voile d’étai, n.f., (nav.) middle stay-sail.
contribuable, n.m.f., tax-payer; rate-payer. adj., taxable; rateable.
contribuer, v.n., to contribute, to conduce, to help on, to tend. — au succès de; to contribute to the success of. Il y a contribué; he has contributed to it. On a fait — tout le pays; the whole country was laid under contribution.
contributi-f, -ve, adj., contributive.
contribution, n.f., contribution; tax; share, part, portion; (com.) average. —s directes; direct or assessed taxes. —s indirectes; indirect taxes. Mettre à —; to lay under contribution, to put in requisition.
contributoire, adj., what has to be paid. Portion —; amount to be paid, assessment.
contributoirement, adv., contributorily.