Account
noun
A report or description of an event or experience.
Her account of the accident is different from yours.
Often appears as...
- give an account
- on account of
noun
An arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you need to.
I paid the cheque into my account
Often appears as...
- bank account
- checking account
noun
An arrangement with a store or a business, where you can buy goods or services now and pay for them later.
We have an account at the local grocery store
Often appears as...
- credit account
- charge account
verb
To consider or regard in a specified way.
His parents account him a genius.
Often appears as...
- account something as
- account something for
verb
To provide a report or explanation for something.
You will be asked to account for your actions
Often appears as...
- account for something
- account for oneself
noun
A report or description of an event or experience.
Her account of the accident is different from yours.
Often appears as...
- give an account
- on account of
noun
An arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you need to.
I paid the cheque into my account
Often appears as...
- bank account
- checking account
noun
An arrangement with a store or a business, where you can buy goods or services now and pay for them later.
We have an account at the local grocery store
Often appears as...
- credit account
- charge account
verb
To consider or regard in a specified way.
His parents account him a genius.
Often appears as...
- account something as
- account something for
verb
To provide a report or explanation for something.
You will be asked to account for your actions
Often appears as...
- account for something
- account for oneself
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Perspective Matters
Different people may give differing accounts of the same event, showing their perspective.
Eyewitnesses gave varying accounts of the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Detailed Descriptions
An account can be a detailed narrative about experiences or events.
She gave a vivid account of her journey through the mountains.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Expressions
'On account of' means because of something.
School was canceled on account of the snow.
Pro Tip 1/3Perspective Matters
Different people may give differing accounts of the same event, showing their perspective.
Eyewitnesses gave varying accounts of the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Detailed Descriptions
An account can be a detailed narrative about experiences or events.
She gave a vivid account of her journey through the mountains.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Expressions
'On account of' means because of something.
School was canceled on account of the snow.
Pro Tip 1/3Perspective Matters
Different people may give differing accounts of the same event, showing their perspective.
Eyewitnesses gave varying accounts of the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Detailed Descriptions
An account can be a detailed narrative about experiences or events.
She gave a vivid account of her journey through the mountains.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Expressions
'On account of' means because of something.
School was canceled on account of the snow.
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How smart are dolphins?...
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
and searched their pockets for drugs as they walked to class? Or had raided their frat parties in the middle of the night? Okay, you might say. But doesn't this high incarceration rate partly account for our really low crime rate?
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History vs. Genghis Khan...
His was a strict understanding of justice." "Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines,
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female it will be rare indeed for all four of them to reach maturity many dangers lie ahead at this size they make a snack for even the smallest predator their mother must make sure that everyone is accounted for
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Inside a Dog Retirement...
very severe dental surgeries and then he got an infection in his spine it could have possibly come from the infection in his mouth and so with the help of the short-term care that we had money in our bank account and then our supporters helping us you know kind of top it off so that we could pay for it
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
Maybe as civilizations develop, they quickly discover communication technologies far more sophisticated and useful than electromagnetic waves. Maybe all the action takes place inside the mysterious recently discovered dark matter, or dark energy, that appear to account for most of the universe's mass.
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History vs. Cleopatra -...
Cleopatra's story survived mainly in the accounts of her enemies in Rome, and later writers filled the gaps with rumors and stereotypes. We may never know the full truth of her life and her reign, but we can separate fact from rumor by putting history on trial.
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
but it can also raise your heart rate and blood pressure, cause increased urination or diarrhea, and contribute to insomnia and anxiety. Plus, the foods and beverages caffeine is found in have their own impacts on your body that have to be taken into account.
Video examples
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
But thanks to Franklin's biographers, who investigated her life and interviewed many people close to her, we now know that that account is far from true, and her scientific contributions have been vastly underplayed. Let's hear the real story.
Video examples
How smart are dolphins?...
The habit of helping injured individuals extends across the species barrier as evidenced by the many accounts of dolphins carrying humans to the surface to breathe. And like us, dolphins mourn their dead. When we consider all the evidence,
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
and searched their pockets for drugs as they walked to class? Or had raided their frat parties in the middle of the night? Okay, you might say. But doesn't this high incarceration rate partly account for our really low crime rate?
Video examples
History vs. Genghis Khan...
His was a strict understanding of justice." "Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines,
Video examples
5 Amazing Animal...
female it will be rare indeed for all four of them to reach maturity many dangers lie ahead at this size they make a snack for even the smallest predator their mother must make sure that everyone is accounted for
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How to rebuild the world...
basics of how we've done that now today only about a dozen crops account for over 80 percent of what we grow and through the history of civilization the most important plants have been these
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If we take into account the existence of our planet, we have to recognise that we are guests that spend a short and very determined period in this world, and all we leave behind is nuclear waste.
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On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
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If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
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George Meredith
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A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.
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George Henry Lewes
English Philosopher
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
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Julian Robertson
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Accounting was the course that helped me more than anything.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.
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Matt Cassel
American Athlete
Teams really take into account character.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
If we take into account the existence of our planet, we have to recognise that we are guests that spend a short and very determined period in this world, and all we leave behind is nuclear waste.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
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Warren Buffett
American Businessman
If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
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George Meredith
English Novelist
A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.
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George Henry Lewes
English Philosopher
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
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Julian Robertson
American Businessman
Accounting was the course that helped me more than anything.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.
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Matt Cassel
American Athlete
Teams really take into account character.
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