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Definition of Account

Account A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. 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. 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. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. To reckon; to compute; to count. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. To recount; to relate. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. Related Definitions: Account, Advantage, All, Also, An, And, Answer, Assign, As, At, Bank, Battle, Been, Business, Calculation, Cause, Computation, Compute, Conduct, Consider, Consideration, Count, Credit, Deem, Description, Enumeration, Estimate, Estimation, Event, Every, Explain, Explanation, Explanatory, For, General, Give, Given, Ground, Hence, Hold, Has, Idleness, Importance, In, Is, Judge, Judgment, Julian, Keep, Motive, Must, Money, Narrative, No, Of, Officer, Often, On, One, Opinion, Opportunities, Or, Other, Our, Pecuniary, Phenomena, Place, Poverty, Printed, Profit, Put, Reason, Receive, Received, Recital, Reckon, Reckoning, Record, Recount, Reference, Registry, Relate, Relation, Render, Report, Review, Satisfactory, Simply, Some, Statement, Subjected, Tell, The, Thereon, These, Time, To, Treasurer, Use, Used, Valuation, Value, Vindication, We, With, Word, Worth, Written

Account Quotations I must give an account for what I've done. Russell Johnson Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States. John W. Snow As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. Benjamin Franklin On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. Will Rogers

Account Translations account in Afrikaans is rekening, rapport account in Danish is konto account in Dutch is rekening, conto account in Finnish is tili account in French is supputation, demande, compte account in German is Berechnung, Forderung, Konto/Rechnung, Konto account in Norwegian is konto account in Portuguese is cliente account in Spanish is calculo, postulado

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