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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Daybook :: Daybook (n.) A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal..
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse..
Chondroganoidea :: Chondroganoidea (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton..
Logothete :: Logothete () An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department..
Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause..
Tournois :: Tournois (n.) A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous..
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge..
Voucher :: Voucher (n.) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts..
Defaulter :: Defaulter (n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Twopence :: Twopence (n.) A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday..
Crinum :: Crinum (n.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace/, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty..
Chronological :: Chronological (a.) Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables..
Report :: Report (v. t.) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
Thereupon :: Thereupon (adv.) On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore..
Why :: Why (adv.) For which; on account of which; -- used relatively.
Exactness :: Exactness (n.) Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business..
Obituary :: Obituary (n.) That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch..
Through :: Through (prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account..
Accountant :: Accountant (n.) One who renders account; one accountable.
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