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Money & Possessions — Lesson 20

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contributed

kənˈtrɪbjuːtɪd

Bestow a quality on — she contributed $100 to the charity.

She contributed $100 to the charity.

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contributes

kənˈtrɪbjuːts

Bestow a quality on — she contributes to the team's success.

She contributes to the team's success.

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contributing

kənˈtrɪbjuːtɪŋ

Bestow a quality on — the factory has been contributing to local pollution.

She has been contributing articles to the magazine for years.

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conveniences

kənˈviːniənsɪz

Things that make you comfortable and at ease — the hotel offers all the conveniences you might need.

Modern conveniences like washing machines save us a lot of time.

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copyrighted

ˈkɑːpiraɪtɪd

Secure a copyright on a written work — all images on this website are copyrighted material.

The article is copyrighted and cannot be reproduced without permission.

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corpora

ˈkɔːrpərə

Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it — modern corpora often include both written and spoken material.

Linguists use corpora to analyze how people actually use language.

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corpus

ˈkɔːrpəs

Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it — researchers compiled a large corpus of spoken Arabic.

Linguists use corpora to study language patterns.

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cosponsor

koʊˈspɑːnsər

Sponsor together with another sponsor — the senator agreed to cosponsor the new environmental bill.

The senator agreed to cosponsor the new environmental bill.

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costs

kɔsts

Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation — we need to reduce our costs.

The costs of the trip were very high.

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