account

Definitions of account in various dictionaries:

noun - a record or narrative description of past events

noun - a short account of the news

noun - a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services

noun - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

noun - grounds

noun - importance or value

noun - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance

noun - the act of informing by verb al report

noun - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

noun - the quality of taking advantage

verb - be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something

verb - keep an account of

verb - to give an account or representation of in words

verb - furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

A narrative or record of events.

A reason given for a particular action.

Abbr.

A formal banking, brokerage, or business relationship established to provide for regular services, dealings, and other financial transactions.

A precise list or enumeration of financial transactions.

Money deposited for checking, savings, or brokerage use.

A customer having a business or credit relationship with a firm: salespeople visiting their accounts.

Worth, standing, or importance: a landowner of some account.

Profit or advantage: turned her writing skills to good account.

To constitute the governing or primary factor: Bad weather accounted for the long delay.

To provide an explanation or justification: The suspect couldn’t account for his time that night.

To challenge or contest.

To hold answerable for.

Because of; for the sake of: “We got married on account of the baby” (Anne Tyler).

Because: “He got picked up by the cops on account of he was walking with his shopping bag and they said there was numbers in it” (Jimmy Breslin).

For oneself.

On one’s own; by oneself: He wants to work on his own account.

verb - to give an explanation