Definition of account

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Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty..

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Anna :: Anna (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents..
Comptroler :: Comptroler (n.) A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
Practical :: Practical (a.) Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry..
Memoirs :: Memoirs (n.) An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.
Matter :: Matter (n.) Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like..
Falsification :: Falsification (n.) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.
Why :: Why (adv.) For which; on account of which; -- used relatively.
Accounted :: Accounted (imp. & p. p.) of Accoun.
Account :: Account (n.) 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..
Nil :: Nil (n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping..
Count :: Count (v. t.) To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Accountability :: Accountability (n.) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.
Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
Owe :: Owe (v.) To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to iwe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services..
Detail :: Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Prerogative :: Prerogative (n.) An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
Accountant :: Accountant (n.) One who renders account; one accountable.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account..
Reckon :: Reckon (v. t.) To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute..
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