Bible Dictionaries
Contributory

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contributory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/contributory.html. 1828.