Account

Definitions

1. 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.
2. To consider as being; deem. See Synonyms at consider. See Usage Note at as1.
3. A bank account.
4. On credit.
5. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
6. Because of; for the sake of: "We got married on account of the baby" (Anne Tyler).
7. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
8. Under no circumstances.
9. A record of events; a relation or narrative.
10. For someone's benefit: It's nice of you to make such an effort on his account.
11. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
12. To take into consideration; allow for.
13. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
14. To look upon in a particular way:consider, deem, esteem, reckon, regard, see, view.
15. Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
16. To offer reasons for or a cause of:explain, justify, rationalize.
17. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
    archaic
18. the work of an accountant. He is studying accountancy. rekeningkunde عِلْم المُحَاسَبَه счетоводство contabilidade účetnictví die Buchführung bogholderi; regnskabsføring; revision λογιστικήcontabilidad raamatupidamine حسابداری kirjanpito comptabilité חֶשְבּוֹנָאוּת लेखाशास्त्र računovodstvo könyvelés akuntansi bókhald ragioneria 会計学 회계 업무 buhalterija, sąskaityba grāmatvedība perakaunan boekhoudingregnskapsføring, bokføringksięgowość, rachunkowość حساپ لرل contabilidade contabilitate бухгалтер...
19. Profit; advantage.
    uncountable
20. a keeper or inspector of (money) accounts. He employs an accountant to deal with his income tax. rekenmeester مُحَاسِب счетоводител contador účetní, revizor účtů der/die Buchhalter(in) bogholder; regnskabsfører; revisor λογιστήςcontable raamatupidaja, revident حسابدار kirjanpitäjä comptable רוֹאֶה חֶשְׁבּוֹן लेखाकार računovođa könyvelő akuntan bókari, endurskoðandi ragioniere 会計士 회계사 buhalteris, sąskaitininkas grāmatvedis; rēķinvedis akauntan accountantregnskapsfører, bokholderksięgowy حساپ ل...

Equivalents

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বাংলাহিসাব

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Catalàcompte

Češtinakontoúčet

Danskkontoregning

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Esperantokonto

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עבריתחֶשְׁבּוֹן

हिन्दीआख्याइतिवृत्तक़िस्साखाताबखानबाबतलेखावृत्तांतशुमारहिसाब+ 7 more

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Հայերենհաշիվհաշվարկ

Bahasa Indonesiaakuncompte rendurekening

Íslenskareikningur

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ქართულიანგარიში

Қазақ тіліесеп

ភាសាខ្មែរកុងគណនី

ಕನ್ನಡಖಾತೆ

한국어계정계좌어카운트청구서+ 1 more

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Македонскиконтосметка

Монголданс

Bahasa Melayuakaunhisab

မြန်မာအကောင့်

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Polskikontoliczbaopis

Portuguêscontarelatóriosoma

Românăcont

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Türkmençehasap

Tagalogpanagutan

Türkçehesap

ئۇيغۇرچەھېساب

Українськавикладеннязвітобліковийпоя́сненнярахунок+ 2 more

اردوحسابکھاتا

O'zbekchahisob

Tiếng Việttài khoản

Examples

“The firm failed to file⟳ its accounts on time.”

“The money was refunded to her account.”

“The Pueblo bank has advised that the operator opened an account at that bank with currency, and a few days later withdrew the amount.”

“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.”

“No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.”

“Give⟳ an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.”

“Don't trouble⟳ yourself on my account.”

“on no account”

“on every account”

“on all accounts”

“[…] who evidently a glutton for work⟳, it struck him, was having a quiet forty winks for all intents and purposes on his own⟳ private account while Dublin slept.”

“An account of a battle.”

“A laudible account of the city of London.”

“The study⟳ of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]”

“According to one published account, said to be based on information provided by foreign missionaries in Chungking, whose reaction may have⟳ been influenced by the excesses of the Boxer Rebellion just a few years earlier, Tuan-fang was killed by his own⟳ soldiers at Tzu-chou, Shensi province.”

“In a lapidary style, Qiu Dongping clearly and forcefully describes battlefield actions with simple sentences, giving a blow-by-blow account of successive events with neither understatement nor exaggeration.”

“To stand⟳ high in your account”

“There is a peculiarity in Homers 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; […]”

“Since the system outage, I've been unable to log⟳ in to my account.”

“In these cases, the agency has to buy⟳ through another ad agency that has an account with the media vehicle in question⟳.”

“For example, to register⟳ an account with Hotmail, you should type⟳ www.hotmail.com on the Address bar of your browser to go to the Hotmail e-mail service WEB page.”

“While the buyer might have⟳ to create⟳ an account with the online payment service, this account is free; the account exists only to facilitate future transactions, since the buyer's address and payment information doesn't have⟳ to be re-entered for each new transaction.”

“Depending on the shipping options you plan⟳ to offer⟳ to your customers, you'll probably need⟳ to open⟳ shipping accounts with FedEx, UPS, and perhaps other couriers as well.”

“Of course, to use⟳ iCloud on your iPhone, you need⟳ to have⟳ an iCloud account.”

“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.”

“The young man soon turned his woodworking skills to some account.”

“I removed from the Old Jewry to Fetter Lane, and from thence to Wapping, hoping to get⟳ business among the sailors; but it would not turn⟳ to account.”

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