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imputed

/ɪmˈpjuːtɪd/

C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law adjective

Describing knowledge or notice attributed to a person by law through the knowledge of his agent, rather than actually held by him.

The purchaser was fixed with imputed notice of the trust through the knowledge of his solicitor.

Topic: Trusts & equity in Legal English

Business adjective

Assigned as a notional cost or value rather than actually paid.

An imputed interest charge was levied on the capital tied up in each division's inventory.

Similar: notional, attributed

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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