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   ac·count

   /əˈkount/

   noun

   • 1. a report or description of an event or experience: "a detailed account of what has been achieved" Similar descriptionreportversionstorynarrationnarrativestatementnewsexplanationexpositioninterpretationcommuniquérecitalrenditionsketchdelineationportrayaltalechroniclehistoryrecordarchiveannalminutetransactionproceedingtranscriptdiaryjournalweblogblogvlogmoblogmemoirreviewregisterlogrelationrehearsalsideviewimpressioninformal:sitrep
   • ▪ an interpretation or rendering of a piece of music: "a lively account of Offenbach's score" Similar performanceinterpretationrenderingrenditionreadingrecitalplayingsingingexecution
   • 2. a record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose: "the ledger contains all the income and expense accounts" Similar financial recordbookledgerjournalbalance sheetfinancial statementresults
   • ▪ the department of a company that deals with financial accounts: "the people from Accounts"
   • 3. an arrangement by which a body holds funds on behalf of a client or supplies goods or services to the client on credit: "a bank account" Similar bank accountsavings accountcurrent accountdeposit account
   • ▪ a client having an account with a supplier: "selling bibles to established accounts in the North"
   • ▪ a contract to do work periodically for a client: "another agency was awarded the account"
   • 4. an arrangement by which a user is given personalized access to a computer, website, or application, typically by entering a username and password: "we've reset your password to prevent others from accessing your account"
   • 5. importance: "money was of no account to her" Similar importanceimportsignificanceconsequencemomentmomentousnesssubstancenotemarkprominencevalueweightinessweightconcerninterestgravityseriousness

   verb

   • 1. consider or regard in a specified way: "her visit could not be accounted a success"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’.

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   noun. an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip. Synonyms: chronicle, report. an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior. Synonyms: justification. a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event. reason; basis:

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   Account is one of those seemingly simple words that have a mass of different meanings. An account can be a narrative or story — a biography, for example, is an account of someone's life. Account can also mean an explanation of something, as in the phrase, "How do you account for that?"

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