Definitions for account

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account ac·count

Spelling: [uh-kount]

IPA: /əˈkaʊnt/

Account is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in account (accnotu).

Definitions for account

noun

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:
5. importance; worth; value; consequence:
6. estimation; judgment:
7. an amount of money deposited with a bank, as in a checking or savings account:
8. Also called charge account. an accommodation or service extended by a business to a customer or client permitting the charging of goods or services, the returning for credit of unsatisfactory merchandise, etc.:
9. a statement of financial transactions.
10. Bookkeeping. a formal record of the debits and credits relating to the person, business, etc., named at the head of the ledger account. a balance of a specified period's receipts and expenditures.
11. Commerce. a business relation in which credit is used. any customer or client, especially one carried on a regular credit basis. Also called advertising account. the business assigned to an advertising agency by a client:

Idioms

1. call to account, to hold accountable; blame; reprimand: ask for an explanation of.
2. give a good / bad account of, to do something or conduct oneself in a good (bad, etc.) manner:
3. hold to account, to hold responsible; hold accountable or culpable:
4. on account, as an installment or a partial payment:
5. on account of, by reason of; because of. for the sake of:
6. on all accounts, in any case; under any circumstances. Also, at all accounts.
7. on no account, under no circumstances; absolutely not:
8. take account of, to make allowance for; consider: to notice or observe. Also, take into account.
9. turn to account, to derive profit or use from; turn to advantage:

verb (used with object)

1. to regard; consider as:
2. to assign or impute (usually followed by to):

verb (used without object)

1. to give an explanation (usually followed by for):
2. to answer concerning one's conduct, duties, etc. (usually followed by for):
3. to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent.
4. to cause (usually followed by for):

Origin of account

1225-75; (noun) Middle English a(c)ount(e), ac(c)ompte Anglo-French, Old French aco(u)nte, acompte; (v.) Middle English ac(co)unten Old French acunter, acompter. See ac-

Examples for account

I've got a New York paper giving an account of the whole thing.

But his account of a dissident plot involving Gambian expats using U.S. weapons is similar to what Faal told the FBI.

It is on Mr. Haley's account that I prefer to keep it secret.

The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.

As it currently stands, the Via Dolorosa follows the account given in the Gospel of John.

It won't be much, but I should like to do it on account of his kindness about the boat.

Their freshness soon withered, on account of the shallowness of the earth.

The account goes some way in showing just how present the Quds and other forces are in Iraq at this point in time.

Not only that, but he would get into trouble with Mr. Paine on account of the damage which it had received.

This wasn't even my own account on JSwipe, which has been described as the Jewish Tinder.