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ACCOUNT
account
(noun) the quality of taking advantage; “she turned her writing skills to good account”
account
(noun) importance or value; “a person of considerable account”; “he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance”
history, account, chronicle, story
(noun) 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”
bill, account, invoice
(noun) 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”
report, news report, story, account, write up
(noun) 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”
explanation, account
(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”
report, account
(noun) the act of informing by verbal report; “he heard reports that they were causing trouble”; “by all accounts they were a happy couple”
score, account
(noun) 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”
account, accounting, account statement
(noun) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; “they send me an accounting every month”
account, business relationship
(noun) 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”
account, answer for
(verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; “I can’t account for the missing money”
report, describe, account
(verb) to give an account or representation of in words; “Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental”
account, calculate
(verb) keep an account of
account
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
account (plural accounts)
(accounting) 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. [from c. 1300]
(banking) A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal. [from 1833]
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc, explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
(business) A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.
A record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description. [from c. 1610]
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
An authorization to use a service.
(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
Profit; advantage.
Usage notes
• Abbreviations: (business): A/C, a/c, acct, acc.
• Account, narrative, narration, recital are all words 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; for example, a vivid account of a battle, of a shipwreck, of an anecdote, etc.
A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; for example, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, the narrative of the film 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; such as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc, a piano recital (played without sheet music), a recital of a poem (learned by heart).
Synonyms
• (registry of pecuniary transactions)
• (statement of occurrences): narrative, narration, relation, recital, description, explanation
• (a statement of reasons): accounting, explanation
• (a reason)
• (a vindication): defense, excuse, explanation
• (estimate)
• (value, importance)
• (authorization to use a service): membership, registration, username
Etymology 2
Verb
account (third-person singular simple present accounts, present participle accounting, simple past and past participle accounted)
To provide explanation.
(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th-17th c.]
(intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described). [from 14th c.]
(intransitive) To consider that. [from 14th c.]
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. [from 15th c.]
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To establish the location for someone. [from 19th c.]
(intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). [from 19th c.]
To count.
(transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) To count (up), enumerate. [14th-17th c.]
(obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). [14th-16th c.]
Synonyms
• (to estimate; to consider): see deem
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*count", n. Etym: [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. Shak.
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. Luke xvi. 2.
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. Milton.
– 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. "Of their doings, God takes no account." Milton .
– 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. Sir T. Browne.
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. Heb. xi. 19.
4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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. Canon Robinson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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