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Noun: account  u'kawnt
  1. A record or narrative description of past events
    - history, chronicle, story
  2. A short account of the news
    - report, news report, story, write up
  3. A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking, brokerage or business services
    "he asked to see the executive who handled his account";
    - business relationship
  4. A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure, operation or circumstances etc.
    "I expected a brief account";
    - explanation
  5. Grounds
    - score
  6. Importance or value
  7. A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
    "they send me an account every month";
    - accounting, account statement
  8. The act of informing by verbal report
    "by all accounts they were a happy couple";
    - report
  9. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
    "send me an account of what I owe";
    - bill, invoice
  10. The quality of taking advantage
    "she turned her writing skills to good account"
  11. The justification for some act or belief
    - defense [US], defence [Brit, Cdn], vindication
Verb: account  u'kawnt
  1. Be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
  2. Keep an account of
    - calculate
  3. To give an account or representation of in words
    - report, describe
  4. Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
    "I can't account for the missing money";
    - answer for

Derived forms: accounts, accounted, accounting

Type of: be, declare, financial statement, gain, ground, importance, inform, informing, justification, making known, news, profit, pronounce, reason, record, relationship, statement

Encyclopedia: Account