4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Contributory \Con*trib"u*to*ry\, a. 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. [1913 Webster] Bonfires of contributory wood. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Contributory \Con*trib"u*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Contributories}. One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. --Abbott. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: contributory adj : tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: {conducive}, {contributing(a)}, {contributive}, {tributary}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 43 Moby Thesaurus words for "contributory": accessory, additional, adjuvant, aidful, ancillary, another, appurtenant, auxiliary, beneficial, collateral, concessive, conducive, constructive, donative, extra, farther, fresh, further, furthersome, good for, helpful, intestate, more, new, other, plus, positive, profitable, remedial, salutary, serviceable, spare, subservient, subsidiary, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, testamentary, testate, therapeutic, ulterior, useful
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