LAWto say that someone isresponsiblefor something that hashappened,especiallysomethingbad, or that something is thecauseof somethingelse:Forpurposesof the company'sviolations, theconductofitsofficialsandemployeesmay be imputed to thefirm.tocalculatesomething when you do not haveexactinformation, bycomparingit to somethingsimilar:imputedcosts/data/incomeThe Treasury imputes anotionalincomefrom such interest-freeloansof 8% ayear.(Definition ofimputefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimpute
imputeDefined contribution plans can of course be important sources of income after retirement; but their measure is problematic because their value has to be imputed.From theCambridge English CorpusMissing data for employment status and deprivation were imputed with % free school meal.From theCambridge English CorpusThe construction of the place in which drama was staged was inspired by the same principles that contemporaries imputed to the dramatic texts.From theCambridge English CorpusOne child lacked a score for the superordinates task, and the mean value was imputed.From theCambridge English CorpusNevertheless, some of his 'mistranslations' may be imputed to it with certainty.From theCambridge English CorpusWe imputed different cost-categories at the four different time points to use all available cost diaries.From theCambridge English CorpusOur familiar practices of imputing consequences to persons capable of deciding which ends to pursue don't need to be anchored to anything more basic.From theCambridge English CorpusQuarterly imputed wages are almost perfectly collinear with the seasonal dummies and so are omitted.From theCambridge English CorpusI would suggest that this is imputing too much consciousness on the part of speakers, and that this is simply traditional word-initial /h/ variation.From theCambridge English CorpusProcesses of age-related contraction and convergence in patterns of participation in productive activities were imputed from the cross-sectional data.From theCambridge English CorpusA multivariate technique for multiply imputing missing values using a sequence of regression models.From theCambridge English CorpusThe initial genotypes for marker loci were imputed conditional on pedigree and marker data but not, however, accounting for linkage among these loci.From theCambridge English CorpusIn such cases, when imputed costs are ignored, total costs appear to rise at a faster rate than they do in reality.From theCambridge English CorpusNo data, however, are imputed for opinions, such as ideology.From theCambridge English CorpusAs with a genealogy, the earlier manifold faith-based features imputed to ' mestizos ' were not simply displaced by notions of ' racial mixture ' dictated by rational science.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/impute##
