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 narrativedescription 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 shortaccount 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"
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 recenttransactions 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 takingadvantage "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"
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"
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
Definitions of account 
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
