contributor

[kuhn-trib-yuh-ter]

noun

1. a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.

2. a person who contributes an article, story, etc., to a newspaper, magazine, or the like.

contributor

/ kənˈtrɪbjʊtə /

noun

1. a person who contributes, esp one who writes for a newspaper or one who makes a donation to a cause, etc

2. something that is a factor in or is partly responsible for something

   alcohol was a contributor to his death

Other Word Forms

• contributorial adjective
• noncontributor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of contributor¹

1400–50; late Middle English contributour < Anglo-French. See contribute, -tor

Example Sentences

On the other hand, Alphabet was a positive contributor to the S&P 500 in November, Colas said, after its shares rallied on renewed hope and interest in Google’s AI efforts.

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O'Brien remembered encountering Hayes for the first time when he worked as a contributor to a BBC radio show and watched him in action in the studio.

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Sports-related traumatic brain injuries represent up to 30 percent of all brain injury cases, with boxing and mixed martial arts among the leading contributors.

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Germany was the biggest contributor to the total budget with more than five billion euros, while France put in 3.7 billion euros.

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Even after accounting for important contributors such as obesity, age and high blood pressure, the investigators still found a clear association between untreated sleep apnea and Parkinson's disease.

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Related Words

• donor 
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• patron