imputed

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adjective

im·​put·​ed im-ˈpyü-təd 

: being an estimated value used in place of an unknown value and calculated based on known values

The table includes imputed values for periods when no data was available.

specifically, economics : being a calculated estimate of the monetary value of something (such as a good, asset, or service) whose value is unknown or unrealized

U.S. inflation numbers place a large weight on a price nobody pays—the imputed rent on owner-occupied housing, which among other things lags far behind market rental rates.

—Paul Krugman

In addition to cash costs, net farm income includes imputed costs of physical capital consumption such as machinery depreciation …

—Eric J. Belasco et al.

see also imputed income, imputed value

imputed

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past tense and past participle of impute

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of impute

First Known Use

Adjective

1909, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing imputed

• imputed income
• imputed value

Rhymes for imputed

• commuted
• computed
• confuted
• diluted
• disputed
• eluted
• minuted
• nonsuited
• permuted
• polluted
• recruited
• refuted