"on account of" meaning in English

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Conjunction

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  1. (colloquial) On account of the fact that: because, since. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: on something's account, on account thereof [formal], onaccounta, as, given that, seeing that, because
    Sense id: en-on_account_of-en-conj-bA~49YLH

Preposition

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Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} on account of, {{en-prep}} on account of
  1. On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
    Sense id: en-on_account_of-en-prep-29yovg4m
  2. (idiomatic) Because of, due to, owing to. Tags: idiomatic Translations (For the sake of): ради (radi) (Russian) Translations (because of, owing to): ἕνεκα (héneka) [with-genitive] (Ancient Greek), ⁧بِسَبَب⁩ (bisabab) (Arabic), ⁧لِأَن⁩ (liʔan) (Arabic), ⁧بسبب⁩ (besabab) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), from (Bislama), a causa de (Catalan), pro (Esperanto), takia (Finnish), vuoksi (Finnish), johdosta (Finnish), en raison de (French), aufgrund (German), miatt (Hungarian), mar gheall ar (Irish), propter [with-accusative] (Latin), ob [with-accusative] (Latin), tādēļ ka (Latvian), tādēļ (Latvian), tāpēc ka (Latvian), tāpēc (Latvian), av hensyn til (Norwegian), z racji (Polish), devido a (Portuguese), в силу (v silu) (Russian), हि (hi) (Sanskrit), ri linn (Scottish Gaelic), a causa de (Spanish), por mor de (Spanish), demü (Volapük), ar gyfrif (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-on_account_of-en-prep-44MFecu6 Disambiguation of 'For the sake of': 41 59 Disambiguation of 'because of, owing to': 9 91

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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "as"
    },
    {
      "word": "given that"
    },
    {
      "word": "seeing that"
    },
    {
      "word": "because"
    },
    {
      "word": "on something's account"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "on account thereof"
    },
    {
      "word": "onaccounta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on account of"
}

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