account

Noun

• the quality of taking advantage
  • she turned her writing skills to good account
    

• an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
  • he paid his bill and left
    
  • send me an account of what I owe
    

• the act of informing by verbal report
  • he heard reports that they were causing trouble
    
  • by all accounts they were a happy couple
    

• a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
  • they send me an accounting every month
    

• importance or value
  • a person of considerable account
    
  • he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance
    

• grounds
  • don't do it on my account
    
  • the paper was rejected on account of its length
    
  • he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful
    

• a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
  • the explanation was very simple
    
  • I expected a brief account
    

• a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
  • he asked to see the executive who handled his account
    

• a short account of the news
  • the report of his speech
    
  • the story was on the 11 o'clock news
    
  • the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
    

• a record or narrative description of past events
  • a history of France
    
  • he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
    
  • the story of exposure to lead
    

Verb

• furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
  • I can't account for the missing money
    

• to give an account or representation of in words
  • Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
    

• keep an account of

• be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
  • Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bill , invoice , report , accounting , account statement , score , explanation , business relationship , news report , story , write up , history , chronicle , answer for , describe , calculate