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contributory (iou)



contributory adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin contributorius, formed as CONTRIBUTE: see -ORY2. Cf. CONTRIBUTARY.]
A. adjective.
Contributing to a common fund or undertaking. LME.
b. Of things: subject to a contribution or tax. L15.
c. Paying tribute to the same lord. M16-E17.
Contributing to a result; partly responsible. M17.
contributory negligence Law negligence on the part of a person injured to take proper precautions against the injury.
Clarendon Contributory to our own destruction.
Relating to or of the nature of contribution; spec. (of a pension or insurance scheme) in which the premiums are paid partly by the employee and partly by the employer. M19.
b. noun.
A person who or thing which contributes. LME.
Law. A person who is bound, on the winding up of a company, to contribute towards the payment of its debts. M19.