Account

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template: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.

2. Template:Countable The records of the money that is paid or received. (often plural)

   The accounts show that your bill has already been paid.

3. Template:Countable A description of events

   The account that he gave didn't match the story that was in the newspaper.

4. Template: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

• Template:Sense 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

1. Template:Intransitive If $x$ accounts for some part of $y$, $x$ makes up that part of $y$.

   Payments to employees account for 73% of our budget.

2. Template:Intransitive If $x$ accounts for $y$, it explains why $y$ happens or exists.

   Oh, she was sick. Well, that accounts for her poor test score.

Synonyms

• Template:Sense constitute, make up
• Template:Sense explain