impute
verb
[ ɪmˈpjuːt ]
• represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute.
• "the crimes imputed to Richard"
Similar:
attribute,
ascribe,
assign,
credit,
accredit,
chalk up,
connect with,
associate with,
lay on,
lay at the door of,
pin on,
stick on,
• assign (a value) to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes.
• "by imputing the interest rates they potentially introduce a measurement error"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French imputer, from Latin imputare ‘enter in the account’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + putare ‘reckon’.
