impute

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjuːt/

verb

[with object]
  • 1represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute: the crimes imputed to Richard
  • Theology ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another: Christ’s righteousness has been imputed to us
  • 2 Finance assign (a value) to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes: (as adjective imputed) recovering the initial outlay plus imputed interest

Derivatives

imputable

adjective

imputation

Pronunciation: /-ˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French imputer, from Latin imputare 'enter in the account', from in- 'in, towards' + putare 'reckon'