Definitions, Meanings, Synonyms, Examples and Famous Quotes of account in English
account
UK
/əˈkaʊnt /
US
/əˈkaʊnt /
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A report or description of an event or experience.
"A detailed account of what has been achieved"
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A record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose.
"The ledger contains all the income and expense accounts"
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An arrangement by which a body holds funds on behalf of a client or supplies goods or services to the client on credit.
"A bank account"
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An arrangement by which a user is given personalized access to a computer, website, or application, typically by entering a username and password.
"We've reset your password to prevent others from accessing your account"
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Importance.
"Money was of no account to her"
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An arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you need to
"I've opened an account with a building society."
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An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
"Send me an account of what I owe"
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A record or narrative description of past events
"He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"
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Grounds
"The paper was rejected on account of its length"
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A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
"They send me an accounting every month"
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The act of informing by verbal report
"By all accounts they were a happy couple"
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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"
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A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
"I expected a brief account"
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A short account of the news
"The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
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Importance or value
"He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"
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The quality of taking advantage
"She turned her writing skills to good account"
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Consider or regard in a specified way.
"Her visit could not be accounted a success"
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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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To give an account or representation of in words
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Keep an account of
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Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
"I can't account for the missing money"
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account in a sentence | account example sentences
A bank account
Of little account
The gas bill
The front-page story
Quotes and Sayings about "account"
"At 25, my idea of success may have been more vain, like, "I'll be good the day that there's $20 million in my account and I have this particular house and the wife and 2.5 kids." But at 40 - and I know it's kind of silly telling you guys this - but as long as my Metacritic rating stays above 80, that's all I care about."
--- Questlove
"The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion."
--- Thomas Malthus
"No state has hitherto existed (at least that we have any account of) ... that no check whatever has existed to early marriages, among the lower classes, from a fear of not providing well for their families, or among the higher classes, from a fear of lowering their condition in life."
--- Thomas Malthus
"If you are training properly, you should progress steadily. This doesn't necessarily mean a personal best every time you race ... Each training session should be like putting money in the bank. If your training works, you continue to deposit into your 'strength' account ... Too much training has the opposite effect. Rather than build, it tears down. Your body will tell when you have begun to tip the balance. Just be sure to listen to it."
--- Grete Waitz
"The most central truth to the creation account is that this world is a place for God's presence."
--- John H. Walton