Definition:
- (n.) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
- (n.) 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; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
- (n.) A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
- (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
- (n.) A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
- (n.) An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- (n.) Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
- (v. t.) To reckon; to compute; to count.
- (v. t.) To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.
- (v. t.) To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
- (v. t.) To recount; to relate.
- (v. i.) To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
- (v. i.) To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
- (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
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account vs. conversation
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abstract vs. account
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account vs. profile
account vs. forum
account vs. own
account vs. quiet
account vs. index
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account vs. reck
account vs. date
account vs. chronicle
account vs. site
account vs. fish
account vs. charge
account vs. narrate
account vs. bouncer
account vs. page
account vs. story
account vs. answerable
account vs. merchandise
account vs. rubber
account vs. market
account vs. join
account vs. product
account vs. allow
account vs. adventure
account vs. tale
account vs. root
account vs. reply
account vs. anecdote
account vs. buccaneer
account vs. history
account vs. accountably
account vs. bill
account vs. itinerary
account vs. sake
account vs. balance
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account vs. accountable
account vs. relate
account vs. recount
account vs. enumerate
account vs. count
account vs. calculate
account vs. destruction
account vs. death
account vs. capture
account vs. explain
account vs. satisfactory
account vs. consider
account vs. justify
account vs. answer
account vs. username
account vs. registration
account vs. membership
account vs. excuse
account vs. defense
account vs. accounting
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account vs. narration
account vs. advantage
account vs. calculation
account vs. enumeration
account vs. computation
account vs. reckoning
account vs. judgement
account vs. value
account vs. esteem
account vs. worth
account vs. valuation
account vs. estimation
account vs. conduct
account vs. description
account vs. estimate
account vs. report
account vs. relation
account vs. narrative
account vs. money
account vs. motive
account vs. consideration
account vs. ground
account vs. reason
account vs. bank
account vs. withdrawal
account vs. sum
account vs. review
account vs. debt
account vs. credit
account vs. dealing
account vs. business
account vs. transaction
account vs. pecuniary
account vs. registry
account vs. deem
account vs. slate
account vs. because
account vs. accountableness
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