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Definition of 'Account'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) account
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative.

2.  account
an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior.

3.  account
a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event.

4.  account
reason; basis:
On this account I'm refusing your offer.

5.  account
importance; worth; value; consequence:
things of no account.

6.  account
estimation; judgment:
In his account it was a miracle.

7.  account
an amount of money deposited with a bank, as in a checking or savings account.

8.  account
an accommodation extended to a customer permitting the charging of goods or services.

9.  account
a statement of financial transactions.

10.  account
a formal record of the debits and credits relating to a particular person, business, etc.

11.  account
a business relation in which credit is used.

12.  account
a customer or client, esp. one carried on a regular credit basis.

13. (v.i.) account
to give an explanation (usu. fol. by for).

14.  account
to answer concerning one's conduct, duties, etc. (usu. fol. by for).

15.  account
to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent.

16.  account
to cause (usu. fol. by for):
The heat accounts for our discomfort.

17. (v.t.) account
to regard; consider as:
I account myself well paid.

18.  account
to assign or impute (usu. fol. by to).

19.  account
call to account,

20.  account
to hold accountable; blame.

21.  account
to ask for an explanation of.

22.  account
give a good account of oneself, to behave or perform well.

23.  account
hold to account, to consider responsible and answerable.

24.  account
on account, as an installment or a partial payment.

25.  account
on account of,

26.  account
by reason of; because of.

27.  account
for the sake of.

28.  account
on no account, under no circumstances; absolutely not.

29.  account
on someone's account, for the sake of someone.

30.  account
take account of,

31.  account
to consider; make allowance for.

32.  account
turn to account, to derive profit or use from.

Etymology: (1225–75; ME ac(c)ount(e), ac(c)ompte < AF, OF aco(u)nte, acompte. See ac -, count¹)

Definition of 'Account'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) history, account, chronicle, story
a record or narrative description of past events
"a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

2. (noun) report, news report, story, account, write up
a short account of the news
"the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

3. (noun) account, business relationship
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
"he asked to see the executive who handled his account"

4. (noun) explanation, account
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
"the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

5. (noun) score, account
grounds
"don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"

6. (noun) account
importance or value
"a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"

7. (noun) account, accounting, account statement
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
"they send me an accounting every month"

8. (noun) report, account
the act of informing by verbal report
"he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

9. (noun) bill, account, invoice
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
"he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"

10. (verb) account
the quality of taking advantage
"she turned her writing skills to good account"

11. (verb) account
be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
"Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"

12. (verb) account, calculate
keep an account of

13. (verb) report, describe, account
to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

14. (verb) account, answer for
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
"I can't account for the missing money"

Definition of 'Account'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) account
a report
a detailed account of events; Witnesses gave an account of what they saw.

2.  account
a bank account
to open an account; a savings/checking account

3.  account
an agreement with a company to pay later
Put it on my account.

4.  account
by all accounts
according to most people
It is, by all accounts, a simple system to use.

5.  account
on account of
because of
He stopped working on account of his illness.

6.  account
on sb's account
because of or for sb
Please, don't leave on my account.

7.  account
take into account
to consider when judging
They did not take staffing costs into account.

8. (verb) account
to represent
Minnesota accounts for more than 50% of U.S. corn production.

9.  account
to explain or to be the reason for
This may account for his illness.

Definition of 'Account'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Account
a reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time

2. (noun) Account
a registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank

3. (noun) Account
a statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts

4. (noun) Account
a statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle

5. (noun) Account
a statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon

6. (noun) Account
an estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment

7. (noun) Account
importance; worth; value; advantage; profit

8. (verb) Account
to reckon; to compute; to count

9. (verb) Account
to place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to

10. (verb) Account
to value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem

11. (verb) Account
to recount; to relate

12. (verb) Account
to render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received

13. (verb) Account
to render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities

14. (verb) Account
to give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty

Translation of 'Account'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an arrangement by which a person keeps his money in a bank I have (opened) an account with the local bank.
Afrikaans: rekening	Arabic: حِسَاب فِي المَصْرِف	Bulgarian: сметка
Brazilian: conta	Czech: účet, konto	German: die Rechnung
Danish: konto	Greek: λογαριασμός	Spanish: cuenta
Estonian: arve, konto	Farsi: (حساب ( بانکی	Finnish: pankkitili
French: compte	Hebrew: חֶשבּוֹן בָּנק	Hindi: खाता
Croatian: račun	Hungarian: számla	Indonesian: tagihan, rekening
Icelandic: reikningur, yfirlit	Italian: conto	Japanese: 勘定書
Korean: 계좌	Lithuanian: sąskaita	Latvian: rēķins
Malay: akaun	Dutch: rekening	Norwegian: (av)regning
Polish: rachunek	Persian: (حساب ( بانکی	Pashto: پانكي حساپ
Portuguese: conta	Romanian: acont	Russian: счёт
Slovak: účet, konto	Slovenian: račun	Serbian: račun
Swedish: räkning	Thai: บัญชีเงินฝาก	Turkish: hesap
Taiwanese: 帳戶	Ukrainian: рахунок	Urdu: کھاتہ ، حساب
Vietnamese: tài khoản	Chinese: 账户
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