"lay one's account" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays one's account",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying one's account",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid one's account",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid one's account",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid> one's account"
      },
      "expansion": "lay one's account (third-person singular simple present lays one's account, present participle laying one's account, simple past and past participle laid one's account)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "But as the place of my abode was now discovered, I laid my account with having a visit from his employer: I therefore planted spies upon the road […].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England:",
          "text": "The jurors must have laid their account with appearing before the Star-chamber.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reckon with (also on or for) some future act or event; to expect, to plan (for)."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_one's_account-en-verb-q~AWQtGg",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "reckon",
          "reckon"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ],
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly UK regional) To reckon with (also on or for) some future act or event; to expect, to plan (for)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay one's account"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays one's account",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying one's account",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid one's account",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid one's account",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid> one's account"
      },
      "expansion": "lay one's account (third-person singular simple present lays one's account, present participle laying one's account, simple past and past participle laid one's account)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Regional English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "But as the place of my abode was now discovered, I laid my account with having a visit from his employer: I therefore planted spies upon the road […].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England:",
          "text": "The jurors must have laid their account with appearing before the Star-chamber.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reckon with (also on or for) some future act or event; to expect, to plan (for)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "reckon",
          "reckon"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ],
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly UK regional) To reckon with (also on or for) some future act or event; to expect, to plan (for)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay one's account"
}