imputed

[ im-pyoo-tid ]

adjective

1. estimated to have a certain cash value, although no money has been received or credited.

Other Words From

• unim·puted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of imputed¹

First recorded in 1905–10; impute + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“I think, under the law, anything in the prosecutor’s possession, which includes prison records, the knowledge is imputed to the prosecutor, correct?” she asked.

From Slate

"If a family member endorses a publicly endorses a candidate for office, the code says it could be imputed to the judge," Alfini said.

From Salon

"The same applies to other executives in the Trump Organization because their knowledge can be imputed to the entity," Rahmani said.

From Salon

"We still got a couple of weeks before the actual meeting, so if anybody imputed some specific basis points of what I was for, that’d be inaccurate," he said.

From Reuters

As for making young William “a man,” Higgins means that he will introduce him to jazz, a meaning that I suspect has never before been imputed to that phrase in human history.

From New York Times