(n.) Selling price minus cost of production. The contribution goes first to paying off overheads, then to profit
We have It costs £40 to make, and we sell for £55. That gives us £15 contribution. This goes to paying off our electricity (actually semi-variable)
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 03, 2004
Get the contributionmug. Used sarcasticly in the same way as rocket scientist or einstein to insult someone who has attempted to sound intelligent by pointing out the obvious.
by Kung-Fu Jesus April 21, 2004
Get the top of the classmug. An event held predominantly in the united states, yet the 300lbs americans all get beaten by a 130lb Japanese person.
I watched something called the 'glutton bowl' on TV soem years back and laughed as the announcers kept claiming they the competitiors were not guys they picked up off the street, but actually professional eaters.
by Kung-fu Jesus July 06, 2004
Get the eating contestmug. A half-baked thoery that the USA could do as the fuck it liked. In practise, it got land and the begginings of an empire by paying for it before it started a revolution against the European powers that owned it. When the USA did try and annex Canada, a small number of the British army and a few thousand Canadians beat off the United States, leaving ti with the option of the treaty of Ghent, which didn't give them any land concessions (as opposed to the British-Canadian forces, which never intended to make any, so handed back all taken land without grudge) nor did it make either side any richer. As a courtesy, the Royal navy ended impressing.
When the united states wanted to start an empire, it went after a weakened spanish empire, which was on the brink of freeing itself. When the USA again attempted imperialism in south america, it was having a little trouble with fallen power Spain, so decided to pay $20,000,000 to buy a few POS nations that would have revolted in a few years anyway. Wow, isn't that clever? Obviously, these places have since gained independance. Quite possibly the worst empire ever...
When the united states wanted to start an empire, it went after a weakened spanish empire, which was on the brink of freeing itself. When the USA again attempted imperialism in south america, it was having a little trouble with fallen power Spain, so decided to pay $20,000,000 to buy a few POS nations that would have revolted in a few years anyway. Wow, isn't that clever? Obviously, these places have since gained independance. Quite possibly the worst empire ever...
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 02, 2004
Get the manifest destinymug. by Kung-Fu Jesus April 30, 2004
Get the need not concern usmug. Most definitions in this dictionary are really idioms, such as fo shizzle my nizzle and shotgun wedding
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 04, 2004
Get the Idiommug. (n.) Account that gives little, or in most cases no interest. Holds the personal short-term money transactions. It is a fluctuating account held for either private or business reasons, sometimes at a bank, although in the case of the latter, may be held within a business. Credits to this account are share of profit, salary and interest allowed on capital account. Debits are loss of profit or drawings.
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 06, 2004
Get the current accountmug.