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on account of
preposition on something's account · on account thereof · onaccounta
- On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of. […] and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic
- Because of, due to, owing to. The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.
conjunction on something's account · on account thereof · onaccounta
- On account of the fact that: because, since. […] I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them.
