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noncontributory

British  
/ -trɪ, ˌnɒnkənˈtrɪbjʊtərɪ /

adjective

    1. denoting an insurance or pension scheme for employees, the premiums of which are paid entirely by the employer

    2. (of a state benefit) not dependent on national insurance contributions

  1. not providing contribution; noncontributing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Furthermore, a national pattern of noncontributory programs "would be a fourth round of employee benefits dressed in different clothes."

From Time Magazine Archive

Murray's union already had a number of noncontributory contracts among some 400 pension and insurance agreements with the steel industry and metal fabricators.

From Time Magazine Archive

As far back as 1904, Du Pont, for example, had set up a noncontributory plan; there were an estimated 4,500 other such plans in operation in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

The majority of pension plans in U.S. industry were noncontributory.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is noncontributory when the funds are provided either by the employers or by the state without any payments from the insured.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert

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