attribute

(noun): A characteristic or quality of a thing.
(noun): (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
(noun): That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(noun): An option or setting belonging to some object.
(noun): A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
(noun): A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(verb): To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
(verb): To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

His finest attribute is his kindness.
In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
This poem is attributed to Browning.