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Account   /əkˈaʊnt/   Listen
noun
Account  n.  
1.
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. "A beggarly account of empty boxes."
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London."
5.
A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. "Give an account of thy stewardship."
6.
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand high in your account."
7.
Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of account." "To turn to account."
Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account.
In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept.
On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of.
On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf.
To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. (Obs.) "This other part... makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it."
To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty.
To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no account.".
A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; called also an action of account.
Synonyms: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc.


verb
Account  v. t.  (past & past part. accounted; pres. part. accounting)  
1.
To reckon; to compute; to count. (Obs.) "The motion of... the sun whereby years are accounted."
2.
To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; with to. (R.)
3.
To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. "Accounting that God was able to raise him up."
4.
To recount; to relate. (Obs.)


Account  v. i.  
1.
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
2.
To render an account; to answer in judgment; with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
3.
To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. "I account of her beauty." "Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century."





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... man of enterprise and travel, born in London; discovered the Albert Nyanza; commanded an expedition under the Khedive into the Soudan; wrote an account of it in a book, "Ismailia"; visited Cyprus and travelled over India; left a record of his travels in five volumes ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood
... no other objection than that they were certain the boat would never return. They were very civil—would not accept Oddo's supper on any account—would remain on the watch—wished their friends would be persuaded; and, when they found all persuasion in vain, declared they would bear testimony to Erica, and as long as they should live, to the bravery of the old man ...
— Feats on the Fiord - The third book in "The Playfellow" • Harriet Martineau
... green, down through every hue and tone of red, blue and purple, soft and brilliant, pricked out here and there with spots of intense, flaming yellow and orange, or deepest crimson. Such color scenes are not common even in California; but on account of its comparative inaccessibility, few people visit Pala, and the village has been left much to itself in these latter days of American life in the state. The Indians live the life of the poorest class of Mexicans, dwell in adobe huts, ...
— Old Mission Stories of California • Charles Franklin Carter
... proposing under difficulties, for even if he had desired to do so, Mr. Bhaer could not go down upon his knees, on account of the mud. Neither could he offer Jo his hand, except figuratively, for both were full. Much less could he indulge in tender remonstrations in the open street, though he was near it. So the only way in which he could express his rapture was to look at her, with an expression which glorified ...
— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott
... some account has incidentally been given in different parts of my Journal. On the first of these heads, I have now to add a list of their musical instruments, the principal of which are—the koonting, a sort ...
— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park


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