= donate To contribute money or resources to something means to give money or resources to help pay for something or to help achieve a particular purpose.
例：The US is contributing $4 billion in loans, credits and grants . . .
[ODE] [with obj.] give (something, especially money) in order to help achieve or provide something [no obj.] (contribute to) help to cause or bring about
────────────────────────────── ease the burden, 負担を軽減する ────────────────────────────── 英和活用大辞典より。
Discussion with a friend eased his burden considerably. 友人との議論のおかげで彼の心配[気持ちの負担]はとても軽くなった。
同じような言い方です。
lessen a household burden, 家事の負担を軽くする lighten [alleviate] a burden, 負担を軽くする
逆の言い方です。 impose a burden on someone, 人に負担をかける
────────────────────────────── get by, なんとかやっていく ────────────────────────────── = survive
If you can get by with what you have, you can manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way.
────────────────────────────── wing one's way, 飛んでいく ────────────────────────────── If you say that something or someone wings their way somewhere or wings somewhere, you mean that they go there quickly, especially by plane.
────────────────────────────── swallow up, …を飲み込む、…を使い尽くす ────────────────────────────── If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely, and they have hardly any effect on it.
= use up
例：These livestock units swallowed up 22.4% of the money
（２番目の例文） 入院したせいで、貯金のかなりの部分が消えてしまったよ。 My hospitalization swallowed up a good part of my savings.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── scion, （名門、貴族の）御曹司、子孫 fact of life, 現実 the high road, (…への)王道、近道 inch upward, 徐々に上向く as poor as pauper, 生活に困窮して
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Money Talk (3) 10/20-21 2006"
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