The action of contributing can consist of cooperating or helping.
The word contribute comes from the Latin term contribuĕre . According to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) , it is about helping and collaborating with others to achieve a certain goal. The concept also refers to the voluntary contribution of an amount of money or other type of material help.
To contribute is, on the other hand, to give or pay the amount that a person owes to a tax or distribution .
The payment of a tribute
In this way, in Spain , for example, citizens of the different cities and municipalities have to face the payment of bills that are called contributions and that refer to what their homes and properties are.
In the field of tax law , the contribution is a type of tax whose tax arises when the taxpayer (recipient citizen) obtains a benefit or an increase in the value of his assets as a result of the completion of public works or the expansion of the public services.
This occurs when the government, in an indirect way, benefits only a certain sector of society . Therefore, it requires special contributions from these individuals. Contributions can be established at the state, regional or local level.
Many people work voluntarily to contribute to the progress of disadvantaged sectors.
Other uses of the verb contribute
In the same way, we cannot forget that contributing is a verb that has been used, especially in the past, to refer to the action carried out by a person who attributed to another a series of qualities or characteristics that differentiated him or her. in any sense.
The verb contribute can be used as a synonym for help , assist , favor , auxiliary , support and succor , for example.
This whole set of synonyms also leads us to establish that among the antonyms of the word in question now are the verbs exempt, impede, receive, truncate or postulate. Without overlooking others such as starting or inhibiting.
Assistance or help
It is said that a person contributes to another when they lend their collaboration or help . In this way, the subject who contributes is assisting the person receiving the help so that he or she can satisfy a need or achieve a certain goal.
«By contributing a significant sum of money, Mr. Gómez made it possible for the hospital remodeling works to be successfully completed» y «López contributed with twenty-eight points for his team's victory» son dos muestras del uso de este verbo.
The NGO Contribute
In addition to all of the above, we cannot ignore the existence of an NGO whose name is Contribuir. It is an organization that works in the field of local development, specifically what it does is develop its functions within the design and implementation of programs that pursue local productive development.
This entity originates from Argentina, with offices in Buenos Aires and Córdoba, which was launched more than a decade ago with the clear mission of putting the service of its professionals at the service of all those communities that want to improve and grow. To do this, they help them detect problems, establish potential and subsequently create projects to achieve this growth.