account
account Lexical Profile
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• noun
An arrangement by which a bank, business, or financial institution holds funds on behalf of a client or tracks credit and debit transactions.
"She transferred half of her paycheck into her savings account every month."
A registered user profile and set of credentials granting personal access to a computer system, website, or digital service.
"You need to create a free user account before you can download the software."
A spoken or written report, description, or narrative of an event or experience.
"The historian compiled a detailed account of the expedition using the explorers' journals."
A formal record or statement of financial expenditure, receipts, and commercial transactions.
"The treasurer spent the weekend auditing the annual accounts for the charity."
Importance, worth, or consideration in a decision or judgment.
"The committee must take environmental factors into account before approving the bridge."
• verb
To provide a satisfactory record, explanation, or justification for something, or to constitute a particular proportion of a whole (usually followed by 'for').
"Renewable sources now account for nearly forty percent of the region's electricity."
To consider, regard, or judge someone or something in a specified way.
"The symposium was accounted a major success by all the visiting scholars."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'acounte', borrowed from Old French 'aconte' (a reckoning or financial statement), derived from 'aconter' (to reckon or tell), ultimately from Late Latin 'accomputare' (from 'ad-' meaning 'to' and 'computare' meaning 'to calculate').
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