contributio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

contrĭbūtĭo, ōnis, f. [contribuo] (postclass.).

I A dividing, distributing : debiti et crediti, Dig. 16, 2, 1: in contributionem venire, ib. 24, 3, 7, § 4; 35, 2, 30, § 8.—

II A contribution : omnium, Dig. 14, 2, 1.