as in calculates
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
for the test we were required to compute the answers without using a calculator
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One is a longstanding dispute over how the Office of Personnel Management calculates the Postal Service's liabilities for pre-1970 pension benefits.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025 -
With this demographic information, the pension planner calculates how much can go into the plan for executives and owners and how much will have to go in for the employees each year to pass IRS testing.—
David Rae,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Computes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computes. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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