Source of the news story or person quoted.

Attribution usually requires documenting that (1) at least one hazardous substance found in a release at a concentration significantly above background (or directly observed in the release) was produced, stored, deposited, handled, or treated at the site; and (2) at least a portion of the significant increase could have come from a source at the site.

The source of a block quote or epigraph

A line identifying the source of a quote.

assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"

credit given to who said what or the source of facts

Crediting the source of material used in a presentation.

Indicates the source of information.

Identification of the source of a fact, judgment or quotation.

The act of providing a reference to a source; citing the source.