account

ac•count

[[t]əˈkaʊnt[/t]] n. v. -count•ed, -count•ing

1) an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative

2) an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior

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

4) reason; basis:

On this account I'm refusing your offer[/ex]

5) importance; worth; value; consequence:

things of no account[/ex]

6) estimation; judgment:

In his account it was a miracle[/ex]

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

8) bus an accommodation extended to a customer permitting the charging of goods or services

9) bus a statement of financial transactions

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

11)

a) bus a business relation in which credit is used

b) bus a customer or client, esp. one carried on a regular credit basis

12) to give an explanation (usu. fol. by for)

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

14) to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent

15) to cause (usu. fol. by for):

The heat accounts for our discomfort[/ex]

16) to regard; consider as:

I account myself well paid[/ex]

17) to assign or impute (usu. fol. by to)

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- call to account give a good account of oneself hold to account on account on account of on no account on someone's account take account of turn to account

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