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attributable

/əˈtrɪbjʊtəb(ə)l/

B2CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law adjective

Capable of being ascribed to a particular cause, such as the breach.

Only the losses attributable to the defective valve, not the pre-existing wear, were recoverable.

Similar: ascribable, imputable

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Business adjective

Able to be traced directly to a particular product, activity, or cost object.

Only costs directly attributable to the contract could be capitalised as work in progress.

Similar: traceable, ascribable

Topic: Accounting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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