account
pronunciation
How to pronounce account in British English:
UK [əˈkaʊnt]
How to pronounce account in American English:
US [əˈkaʊnt]
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- Noun:
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the act of informing by verbal report
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a short account of the news
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- grounds
- importance or value
- the quality of taking advantage
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- Verb:
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
Word Origin
- account
- account: [14] Account is of Old French origin. It was formed from compter, conter ‘count’ (which derived from Latin computāre) and the prefix a-. Its original meaning in English, too, was ‘count’ or ‘count up’; this had disappeared by the end of the 18th century, but its specialized reference to the keeping of financial records is of equal antiquity. Account for, meaning ‘explain’, arose in the mid 18th century.=> count
- account (n.)
- c. 1300, "reckoning of money received and paid," from Old French acont "account, reckoning, terminal payment," from a "to" (see ad-) + cont "counting, reckoning of money to be paid," from Late Latin computus "a calculation," from Latin computare "calculate" (see compute). Meaning "sum of (one's) money in a bank" is from 1833. Sense of "narration" is first attested 1610s. Plural accounts used as a collective or singular in phrases such as to give accounts (of something), is from mid-13c. Phrase by all accounts is attested from 1798.
- account (v.)
- c. 1300, "to count, enumerate," from Old French aconter "to count, render account" (Modern French conter), from a "to" (see ad-) + conter "to count, tell" (see count (v.)). Meaning "to reckon for money given or received, render a reckoning," is from late 14c.; sense of "to explain" (c. 1710) is from notion of "answer for money held in trust." Transferred sense of "value" is from late 14c. Related: Accounted; accounting.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The current account deficit always changes relatively slowly .
- 2. How do you account for that in your research ?
- 3. This account doesn 't need any special windows privileges .
- 4. Buildings typically account for a third of a nation 's energy consumption .
- 5. I 'd like to pay 200 yuan into my deposit account .