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   account

   /əˈkaʊnt/

   noun

   • 1. a report or description of an event or experience: "a detailed account of what has been achieved" Similar descriptionreportversionstorynarrationnarrativestatementnewsexplanationexpositioninterpretationcommuniquérecitalrenditionsketchdelineationportrayaltalechroniclehistoryrecordarchiveannalminutetransactionproceedingtranscriptdiaryjournalweblogblogvlogmoblogmemoirreviewregisterlogrelationrehearsalsideviewimpressioninformal:sitrep
   • ▪ an interpretation or rendering of a piece of music: "a lively account of Offenbach's score" Similar performanceinterpretationrenderingrenditionreadingrecitalplayingsingingexecution
   • 2. a record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose: "the barman was doing his accounts" Similar financial recordbookledgerjournalbalance sheetfinancial statementresults
   • ▪ the department of a company that deals with financial accounts: "the people from Accounts"
   • ▪ a bill for goods or services provided over a period: British "there's no money to pay the tradesmen's accounts this month" Similar billinvoicestatementlist of chargesreckoningtallydebtamount duecheckinformal:tabarchaic:score
   • 3. an arrangement by which a body holds funds on behalf of a client or supplies goods or services to them on credit: "a bank account" Similar bank accountsavings accountcurrent accountdeposit account
   • ▪ a client having an account with a supplier: "selling bibles to established accounts in the North"
   • ▪ a contract to do work for a client: "another agency was awarded the account"
   • ▪ a fixed period on a stock exchange, at the end of which payment must be made for stock that has been bought. British
   • 4. an arrangement by which a user is given personalized access to a computer, website, or application, typically by entering a username and password: "we've reset your password to prevent others from accessing your account"
   • 5. importance: "money was of no account to her" Similar importanceimportsignificanceconsequencemomentmomentousnesssubstancenotemarkprominencevalueweightinessweightconcerninterestgravityseriousness

   verb

   • 1. consider or regard in a specified way: "her visit could not be accounted a success"
   • 2. prepare or present a record an account of money given or received: rare "in order that he may be able to account accurately, the trustee should not mingle the trust property with other property"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘counting’, ‘to count’): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter ‘to count’.

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