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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{IPA|/ə'kaʊnt/}}
* {{SAMPA|/@"kaUnt/}}
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== Noun ==
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# {{countable}} An '''account''' is an [[arrangement]] with a [[bank]] or other company to do [[business]].
#: ''I opened a bank '''account''' when I moved into town.''
#: ''The internet company cancelled my e-mail '''account'''.''
# {{countable}} The [[record]]s of the money that is paid or received. (often [[plural]])
#: ''The '''accounts''' show that your bill has already been paid.''
# {{countable}} A [[description]] of events
#: ''The '''account''' that he gave didn't match the story that was in the newspaper.''
# {{uncountable}} If you take something into '''account''', you think about it when you decide something.
#: ''Effective leaders have to take '''account''' of everyone's feelings.''

=== Synonyms ===
* {{sense|description}} [[story]], [[telling]]
* [[reason]]
* [[bill]]
* [[report]]
* [[credit]]
* [[version]]
* [[balance]]

=== Related words ===
* [[accounting]]
* [[count]]
* [[on account of]]
* [[by all accounts]] Also [[from all accounts]]
* [[on somebody's account]]
* [[on your own account]]
* [[on no account]]
* [[bring somebody to account]] Also [[call somebody to account]]
* [[give a good/poor account of yourself]]
* [[of little/no account]]

== Verb ==
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# {{intransitive}} If <math>x</math> '''accounts''' for some part of <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> [[make up|makes up]] that part of <math>y</math>.
#: ''Payments to employees '''account''' for 73% of our budget.''
# {{intransitive}} If <math>x</math> '''accounts''' for <math>y</math>, it explains why <math>y</math> happens or exists.
#: ''Oh, she was sick. Well, that '''accounts''' for her poor test score.''

=== Synonyms ===
* {{sense|make up}} [[constitute]], [[make up]]
* {{sense|explain}} [[explain]]

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