() [, ]an amount of money that sb or their employer pays for benefits such as health insurance, a pension, etc.（某人或其雇主用作医疗保险、养老金等津贴的）定期缴款，定期供款◆You can increase your monthly contributions to the pension scheme.你可增加每月给养老金计划缴纳的定期缴款。 [] an amount of money that is given to a person or an organization in order to help pay for sth捐款；捐资◆Environmental taxes make only a small contribution to government revenues.环境税只占政府收入的一小部分。 () [, ; ]the amount of money that an individual product or service pays towards a company's fixed costs , based on its sales and variable costs （某产品或服务收入占固定成本的）分摊◆We looked at how much contribution each product made in order to make decisions about future products.我们研究每一种产品的收入对固定成本分摊以便对未来的产品作出决策。 () [, ]a share of a payment made for an item that is lost or damaged when it is insured with two or more companies; the act of sharing payments between insurance companies（数家保险公司对保险标的丢失或损害的）分摊◆If your coat is stolen from your car, your household insurer may seek a contribution from your car insurer.如果你的外衣从你的汽车里被偷去，你的家居物品保险人可以从汽车保险人那儿寻求损失分摊。defined contribution