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compute verb [ kəmˈpjuːt ]

• reckon or calculate (a figure or amount).
• "the hire charge is computed on a daily basis"
Similar: calculate, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, assess, quantify, put a figure on, add up, add together, count up, tally, total, totalize, measure, tot up, cast,
Origin: early 17th century: from French computer or Latin computare, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.


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