
[Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imputāre : in-, in; see in-2 + putāre, to settle an account.]
A term in metrology relating to the ascribing of an amount measured in one quantity to a measurement in another. Such ascribing has been common in the grain trade, where the bushel, a unit of volume equal to 64 pints and routinely used in that sense at farm level, has been ascribed corresponding values of ‘weight’. The practice reflects the respective ease of measuring small amounts by volume but large amounts by weighing. It has been used similarly for other fluidic dry goods, and for such units as the bag and, for mercury, the flask.
Attributed vicariously.
In the legal sense, the term imputed is used to describe an action, fact, or quality, the knowledge of which is charged to an individual based upon the actions of another for whom the individual is responsible rather than on the individual's own acts or omissions. For example, in the law of agency, the actions of an agent performed during the course of employment will be attributed to the agent's principal. The doctrine of imputed negligence makes one person legally responsible for the negligent conduct of another.
No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
— Cicero, Roman orator, statesman, philosopher and writer.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - beregne, tillægge, tilskrive, beskylde for noget
Nederlands (Dutch)
toedichten, aanwrijven, verantwoordelijk- heid toekennen
Français (French)
v. tr. - imputer, attribuer
Deutsch (German)
v. - jmdm. etwas zuschreiben
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταλογίζω, αποδίδω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - imputar
Русский (Russian)
приписывать, обвинять, условно начислять
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - imputar, atribuir
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillskriva, tillvita
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
归罪, 嫁祸于, 使负责
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 歸罪, 嫁禍於, 使負責
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에게 탓을 돌리다, 고소하다, 귀속시키다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - せいにする, 負わせる, 帰する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يلصق تهمه ب
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ייחס, תלה הקולר ב-, טפל על
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