CONTRIBUTION PLAN
Con`tri*bu"tion plan. (Life Insurance)
Defn: A plan of distributing surplus by giving to each policy the excess of premiums and interest earned thereon over the expenses of management, cost of insurance, and the policy value at the date of computation. This excess is called the contribution of the policy.
CONTRIBUTIVE
Con*trib"u*tive, a.
Defn: Contributing, or tending to contribute. Fuller.
CONTRIBUTOR
Con*trib"u*tor, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.
CONTRIBUTORY
Con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Defn: Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive. Milton. Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman. Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. Wharton.
CONTRIBUTORY
Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories (.
Defn: One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.