Meaning of account for | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
   transitive
2. To be the primary cause of
   transitive
3. To constitute in amount or portion.
   transitive
4. To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
   transitive
5. To be answerable for.
   transitive
6. To destroy or put out of action.
   transitive
7. To kill, as in hunting.
   dated, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I don't have to account for anything to you.”

“The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.”

“[…] But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for.”

“Under the previous administration, the meetings between DfT officials and train operating companies who were performing badly had been scrapped. These have now been restored, with both Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express being called in to account for themselves.”

“The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.”

“German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.”

“... and car strikes account for more than 50000, it's obvious the wolves' effect on the state's deer herd is so small as to be meaningless.”

“When you deduct the direct and indirect costs, the picture looks a little different. Only mail and coal traffic generated a net revenue when accounting for all costs, not just direct operating costs.”

“Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.”

“Allied Air Forces Account for 34 Axis Aircraft”

“South Vietnamese counter-attacks helped account for 239 guerrillas reported killed in the 24 hours ending at 6 today, 86 of them in allied air attacks”

“He accounted for two deer today.”

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