English Explanatory Dictionary

account

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. A bank account.
  3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
  4. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
  5. A record of events; a relation or narrative.
  6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
  7. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
  8. Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
  9. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
  10. Profit; advantage.
verb
  1. To provide explanation.
  2. To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
  3. To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
  4. To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
  5. To consider that.
  6. To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
  7. To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
  8. To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
  9. To establish the location for someone.
  10. To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
  11. To count.
  12. To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time).

Pronunciation

/əˈkaʊnt/ en-us-account.ogg

Word forms

account accounts accounting accounted no-table-tags glossary accountest accountedst accounteth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Old French conter Old French aconter Anglo-Norman acuntebor. Middle English acounte English account From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin computō (“to sum up”).

Synonyms

accounting explanation narrative narration relation recital report description membership registration account appraise count esteem see censure consider deem hold dub find interpret judge look upon regard as respect think of view as

Related words

accountable accountant

Derived words

accountancy account balance account book account code account day accounter account executive accountholder accountless account man account manager account number account payable account receivable account rendered account stated account statement active account adjustment account bank account book account capital account cash account cast accounts charge account checking account chequing account client account concentration account control account credit account current account custodial account customer account debit account deferred account demand account deposit account discretionary account dormant account drawing account e-account escrow account expense account final account flex account frozen account general account giro account house account insured account joint account managed account margin account merchant account mixed account money of account multiaccount nostro account NOW account

Translations

Armenian: հաշվետվություն Belarusian: апо́вед Belarusian: перака́з Belarusian: вы́клад Belarusian: выклада́нне Belarusian: апіса́нне Belarusian: справазда́ча Belarusian: апавяда́нне Bulgarian: изложе́ние Bulgarian: описа́ние Bulgarian: сведение Chinese Mandarin: 敘述 /叙述 Danish: forklaring Dutch: verslag Dutch: verhaal Estonian: seletus Finnish: selonteko Finnish: selostus French: rapport French: récit German: Bericht Greek: αναφορά Hindi: वृत्तान्त Hungarian: beszámoló Hungarian: jelentés Italian: resoconto Italian: descrizione Italian: racconto Luxembourgish: Rapport Luxembourgish: Bericht Māori: pūkete Middle English: acounte Norwegian Bokmål: forklaring Polish: relacja Portuguese: relato Romanian: relatare Russian: изложе́ние Russian: описа́ние Russian: отчёт Russian: расска́з Scottish Gaelic: iomradh Serbo-Croatian: и̏звјешта̄ј Serbo-Croatian: о̀пис Serbo-Croatian: при́каз Serbo-Croatian: ȉzvještāj Serbo-Croatian: òpis Serbo-Croatian: príkaz Sicilian: cuntu Sicilian: storia Spanish: reporte Spanish: relato Spanish: versión Spanish: descripción Spanish: exégesis Spanish: exegesis Swedish: redogörelse Swedish: redovisning Tagalog: ulat Ukrainian: ви́кладення Ukrainian: виклада́ння Ukrainian: ви́словлення Ukrainian: висло́влювання Ukrainian: о́пис Ukrainian: описа́ння Ukrainian: звіт Ukrainian: справозда́ння Ukrainian: ро́зповідь Ukrainian: пере́каз Vietnamese: chuyện kể Bulgarian: смятам Bulgarian: сметна Finnish: laskea Middle English: acounten Tamil: எண்ணு
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