account
a
ə
ē
ccount
ˈkaʊnt
kawnt
/əˈkaʊnt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "account"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ

an arrangement according to which a bank keeps and protects someone's money that can be taken out or added to
account definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John transferred money from his checking account to his investment account to buy stocks.
āϜāύ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āϕ⧇āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ-āĻ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖā§€

a record or statement of financial transactions, typically detailing debits, credits, and balances
account definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The auditor examined the company 's account to verify compliance with financial regulations.
āĻ…āĻĄāĻŋāϟāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ

an arrangement based on which a user is given a private and personalized access to an online platform, application, or computer
account definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You need to create an account to access the full range of features available on the app.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏāϰ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž

a detailed record or narrative description of events that have occurred
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave a vivid account of her travels across Europe.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āχāωāϰ⧋āĻĒ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a brief report of news or current events

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We watched a television account of the election results.
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the level of importance or value attributed to something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The matter is of little account to the committee.
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the reasons, explanation, or basis for something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her illness is on account of fatigue.
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a characteristic of taking advantage or exploiting opportunities

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The strategy relied on account of weaknesses in the system.
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āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž

a general description of an idea, a theory, or an event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The newspaper published an account of the witness's experiences during the accident.
āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to regard someone or something in a particular way
Complex Transitive: to account sb/sth as sth | to account sb/sth [adj]
to account definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His decision to skip important meetings could not be accounted wise.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϟāĻŋ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide a detailed explanation or justification for something
Transitive: to account for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager asked him to account for the missing funds.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide a clear and accurate report or explanation of financial transactions
Intransitive: to account to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Employees are required to account to the manager for petty cash.
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be the main cause or reason for something
Transitive: to account for an outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His lack of preparation accounts for the poor results on the test.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖāĨ¤

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