contribs
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]contribs
- Abbreviation of contributions.
- 1879, Francis Samuel Drake, Dictionary of American Biography, page 980:
- In 1840 Mr. Whittier took up his residence at Amesbury, where he has since resided, and whence he forwarded his contribs. to the National Era, Washington.
- 1995, Trevor Sykes, The Money Miners: The Great Australia Mining Boom, page 124:
- The fully paid shares closed at $8.30 and the 10 cent contribs at $6, leaving a gap of $2.30 between the two classes of stock although the theoretical difference was only 15 cents. […] But it is also possible that the contribs are overvalued by $5 and the fully paids are overvalued by $7.15.
- 2001, Elizabeth Sleeman, The International Who's Who of Women 2002, page 150:
- Publications include: Physical Properties of Fullerenes; numerous contribs to professional journals.
- Abbreviation of contributors.
- 1915, James Russell Lowell, The Bookman, page 373:
- Taylor ran a department on the "Journal" which was called "A Little About Everything," and one of his "contribs" was a young insurance man, Franklin P. Adams.
- 1925, The New Yorker, page 24:
- S. Jay Kaufman of the New York Telegram-Mail recently invited his contribs to write him what, in their minds, is the finest building in New York City […]
- 1934, Charles Washburn, Come Into My Parlor: A Biography of the Aristocratic Everleigh Sisters of Chicago, page 130:
- While Eastman was in charge, one of his contribs was FPA. His identity was not known.