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noncontributory

noncontributory

7.9
Not needing payments from employees or not helping to cause something
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.kənˈtrɪb.jʊ.tɔːr.i/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no contributivo
  • Noncontributory plans do not require employees to pay part of the premium.
  • a noncontributory pension plan
  • a noncontributory benefit
  • a noncontributory plan

Examples

  • The Society provides certain noncontributory health care and life insurance benefits to retired employees.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The Society has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the Plan) covering substantially all of its employees.

    Academic text (2002)
  • However, unlike the pension plans of most European countries, which were based on compulsory contributions by those intended to benefit, Australia's pension plan was noncontributory.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Due to the lower participation rate in fee-for-service plans, teachers are more likely to be in a noncontributory plan (63 percent of individuals, 33 percent of families), compared with private sector professional workers (42 percent of individuals, 24 percent of families).

    Academic text (1994)
  • Many employers offer noncontributory health insurance, where employees do not have to pay premiums.

  • The firm implemented a noncontributory retirement plan that allows employees to benefit without any personal contributions.

  • In a noncontributory savings scheme, workers are not required to contribute from their salaries.

Synonyms

noncausal
vsnoncontributory
8.8

One thing does not make another happen

also covers a separate sense about not needing payments from employees
noninstrumental
vsnoncontributory
7.7

Not playing an important or deciding role in a result

is used for not playing any part in causing something rather than being a means
noncausative
vsnoncontributory
  • Specialized
9.1

A verb that describes an action happening by itself without someone causing it

is the broader idea about not playing any causal part in events
nonobligatory
vsnoncontributory
  • Formal
6.1

Not required by law or rule

is focused on not needing payments from employees rather than general optionality
nonmandatory
vsnoncontributory
5.5

Something you do not have to do

is about absence of employee payment requirement, not only rule-based optionality

Antonyms

6 6.3

Helping to cause something or being partly responsible for it

How Contributory

decisive
74 4.0
important
1.0
contributory
6 6.3
noncontributory
  • Specialized
7.9
insignificant
104 4.1

Surface Forms

noncontributory positive

Morphology

noncontributory = contributory (transparent) = non + contribute + ory

A straightforward negation: 'non-' simply negates the adjective 'contributory' yielding 'not contributory'.

Etymology

Noncontributory starts with non- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from contribute, which is like tribute and means 'to give together'. So a noncontributory plan does not need people to 'give' money, and a noncontributory action does not 'help' or 'cause' something to happen.