Account
Definition of Account
Ac`count´ n. | 1. | A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. | | 4. | A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. | | 5. | A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. | | 6. | An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. | | 7. | Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. | v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To reckon; to compute; to count. | | 2. | To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; - with to. | | 3. | To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. | | 4. | To recount; to relate. | v. i. | 1. | To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. | | 2. | To render an account; to answer in judgment; - with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. | | 3. | To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; - with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. |
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