Account

[Ac*count·]

An account can be many things such as a story, like if you give a friend an account of what happened at the party she missed. It can also be a business arrangement, like a bank account or an email account.

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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

Noun
the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing skills to good account"

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

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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"

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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"

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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"

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Noun
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"

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the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

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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"

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a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

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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"

Verb
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can''t account for the missing money"

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to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

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keep an account of

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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"

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A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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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.

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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.

n.
A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.

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A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.

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An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.

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Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.

v. t.
To reckon; to compute; to count.

v. t.
To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.

v. t.
To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.

v. t.
To recount; to relate.

v. i.
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

v. i.
To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.

v. i.
To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.

Account

Ac*count" , n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
A beggarly account of empty boxes.
2. 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. 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. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London." Howell. 5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
Give an account of thy stewardship.
6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand high in your account." Shak. 7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of account." Pope. "To turn to account." Shak. Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. -- In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. -- On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. -- On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf. -- To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.]
s other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.
-- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. ". -- A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell. Syn. -- Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. -- Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc. 1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted.
2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.] Clarendon. 3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
Accounting that God was able to raise him up.
4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Account

Ac*count", v. i. 1. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. 2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. 3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. "I account of her beauty." Shak.
Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century.

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

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Usage Examples

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand.

Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

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Other Usage Examples

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust?

I just recently joined Twitter. It's very positive - I love all the accolades. If my ego is hurting, I can just open my Twitter account and see 'Oh, I love you! I love the show!' and it's great. I'm trying to find the balance between trying to be funny, being honest and just being a promoter as the guy on 'Royal Pains.'

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients. Account executives often have big creative ideas, regardless of what some writers think.

Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still be accepted as brute facts. So maybe the ultimate laws of nature will always be off-limits to science.

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.