See Also: attribute(1)(dictionary)
attribute(2)(dictionary)
attribute(3)(dictionary)
Attribute bias(money)
Salient Attribute(money)
Attribute bias(finance)
Attribute groups(finance)
attribute 1, verb(dictionary)
attribute 2, noun(dictionary)

attribute(2) (iou)



attribute noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French attribut or Latin attributum use as noun of neut. pa. pple of attribuere ATTRIBUTE verb.]
Medicine. A condition of the bodily humours. Only in LME.
A quality or character ascribed (esp. in common estimation) to a person or thing. Also, an epithet denoting this. L15.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice But mercy is above this sceptred sway,..It is an attribute to God himself. T. Wright It is surprising how soon historical personages become invested with romantic attributes.
A material object recognized as appropriate to or symbolic of a person or office; a conventional symbol serving to identify a figure in a painting etc. L16.
Wordsworth A crown, an attribute of sovereign power. K. Clark The Greek philosophers are represented with their attributes. Aristotle, with the severe figure of Dialectic.
An inherent characteristic quality or feature of a person or thing; a property; in Statistics etc., a non-quantifiable property. E17.
Bacon The attributes and acts of God, as far as they are revealed to man. Sir W. Scott Beauty was an attribute of the family. H. Fast It had all the attributes and virtues and sins that history requires of a great city. H. Kissinger At this point I experienced for the first time two of Nixon's distinguishing attributes. S. Naipaul Recycling is the highest good, biodegradability the most sought-after attribute.
b. Logic. That which may be predicated of something. L18.
Distinguished quality or character; reputation, credit. Only in 17.
Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Much attribute he hath, and much the reason Why we ascribe it to him.
Grammar. An attributive word or phrase. E19.