1 noun ac‧count1 S2 W1 [countable]   a written or spoken
description that says what happens in an event or process
account of He was too shocked to give an account of what had
happened. blow-by-blow account (=a description of all the
details of an event in the order that they happened) Chomsky's
account of how children learn their first language eye-
witness/first-hand account (=description of events by someone
who saw them) Eye-witness accounts told of the unprovoked
shooting of civilians. This gives a first-hand account of the
war.  at a bank  written abbreviation a/c or acct. an
arrangement in which a bank keeps your money safe so that you
can pay more in or take money out: My salary is paid into my
bank account. I've opened an account with Barclay's Bank. My
husband and I have a joint account (=one that is shared between
two people). bank account, checking account, current account,
deposit account, profit and loss account, savings account  take
account of something  also take something into account to cons