attribution

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of regarding something as caused, created, or possessed by a particular person or thing

   The attribution of the poem to Sappho remains disputed.

2. 2
   noun

   an acknowledgment identifying the author, creator, or source of material

   The photograph may be reused with proper attribution.

From French attribution and Latin attributio, from attribuere, 'assign or allot,' formed from ad- ('to') + tribuere ('grant, assign').

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