account
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account¹
- /əˈkaʊnt/ US
Rhymes with -aʊnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).
noun accounts
- 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. The firm failed to file its accounts on time.
- A bank account. The money was refunded to her account.
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A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
Similar: accounting, explanation
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake. Don't trouble yourself on my account.
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A record of events; a relation or narrative.
An account of a battle.
Similar: narrative, narration, relation, recital, report, description, explanation
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. To stand high in your account
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement. There is a peculiarity in Homer's manner of apoſtrophizing Eumæus, and ſpeaking of him in the ſecond perſon; it is generally apply'd by that Poet only to men of account and diſtinction, and by it the Poet, as it were, addreſſes them with reſpect; […]
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Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
Since the system outage, I've been unable to log in to my account.
Similar: membership, registration
- A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning. It seems that this severity weakened his frame, for three years syne come Martinmas he was taken ill with a fever of the bowels, and after a week's sickness he went to his account, where I trust he is accepted.
- Profit; advantage. The young man soon turned his woodworking skills to some account.
account²
- /əˈkaʊnt/ US
Rhymes with -aʊnt
Where it comes from
From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count.
verb accounts · accounting · accounted · account
- To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
- To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
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To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
I'd account it a privilege to serve you.
Similar: account, appraise, count, esteem, see, censure, consider, deem, hold, dub, find, interpret
- To consider that. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
- To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. We must account for the use of our opportunities.
- To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. Idleness accounts for poverty.
- To establish the location for someone. After the crash, not all passengers were accounted for.
- To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). Desperately bold at last, the persecuted animals bolted above-ground—the terrier accounted for one, the keeper for another; Rawdon, from flurry and excitement, missed his rat, but on the other hand he half-murdered a ferret.
- To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). neither the motion of the Moon, whereby moneths are computed; nor of the Sun, whereby years are accounted, consisteth of whole numbers, but admits of fractions, and broken parts, as we have already declared concerning the Moon.
- To count (up), enumerate.
- To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). Long worke it were / Here to account the endlesse progeny / Of all the weeds that bud and blossome there [...].
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: account statement, invoice, report, write up, news report, chronicle, history, explanation, story, calculate, bill, score, business relationship, accountancy, bank, cash
Translations
Every language
noun a statement of facts or occurrences
| Español | reporte, relato, versión, descripción, exégesis, exegesis |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 敘述 /叙述 xùshù |
| हिन्दी | वृत्तान्त vŕttānt |
| Português | relato |
| Français | rapport, récit |
| Deutsch | Bericht |
| Italiano | resoconto, descrizione, racconto |
| Ελληνικά | αναφορά anaforá |
| Română | relatare |
| Русский | изложе́ние izložénije, описа́ние opisánije, отчёт otčót, расска́з rasskáz |
| Tiếng Việt | chuyện kể |
noun a registry of pecuniary transactions
| Español | cuenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 계좌 gyejwa, 어카운트 eokaunteu |
| 日本語 | 口座 kōza, アカウント akaunto |
| 中文 | 賬戶 /账户 zhànghù |
| हिन्दी | हिसाब hisāb, खाता khātā |
| Kiswahili | akaunti, hesabu |
| Português | conta |
| Français | compte |
| Deutsch | Konto |
| Italiano | contabilità |
| Ελληνικά | λογαριασμός logariasmós |
| Română | cont |
| Русский | счёт sčot |
| Tiếng Việt | tài khoản |
| العربية | حِسَاب ḥisāb |
| עברית | חֶשְׁבּוֹן kheshbón |
noun a statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc.
| Español | reporte, explicación, explicaciones, exégesis, exegesis |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 考慮 /考虑 kǎolǜ |
| Português | relatório |
| Français | récit |
| Deutsch | Begründung |
| Italiano | resoconto, descrizione, ragione, motivo |
| Русский | основа́ние osnovánije, обоснова́ние obosnovánije |
noun a statement and explanation or vindication
| Español | justificación |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Rechenschaft |
| Italiano | giustificazione, motivo, ragione, causa, caso |
| Русский | объясне́ние obʺjasnénije |
noun an authorization to use a service
| Español | cuenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어카운트 eokaunteu |
| 日本語 | アカウント akaunto |
| 中文 | 賬戶 /账户 zhànghù |
| Português | conta |
| Français | compte |
| Deutsch | Konto |
| Italiano | utenza, conto, fruizione |
| Română | cont |
| Русский | учётная за́пись učótnaja zápisʹ, акка́унт akkáunt, счёт sčot |
| العربية | حِسَاب ḥisāb |
noun (archaic) reckoning, calculation
| Español | cálculo |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | akaunti |
| Português | soma |
| Italiano | conto |
| Ελληνικά | λογαριασμός logariasmós |
| Română | cont |
| Русский | расчёт rasčót, сме́та sméta |
verb to estimate, to deem
| Italiano | reputare, considerare, ritenere |
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