"account" meaning in English

See account in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ə'kaʊnt/ Audio: en-us-account.ogg [US] Forms: account [singular], accounts [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An account is an arrangement with a bank or other company to do business.
    Sense id: simple-account-en-noun-kbptUaIb
  2. The records of the money that is paid or received. (often plural)
    Sense id: simple-account-en-noun-JvctKWfQ
  3. A description of events
    Sense id: simple-account-en-noun-SKl8V33t
  4. If you take something into account, you think about it when you decide something.
    Sense id: simple-account-en-noun-GVlAj4Nm

Verb

IPA: /ə'kaʊnt/ Audio: en-us-account.ogg [US] Forms: account [canonical], accounts [third-person, singular], accounted [past], accounted [past, participle], accounting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If x accounts for some part of y, x makes up that part of y.
    Sense id: simple-account-en-verb-sVN-Ja2G Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If x accounts for y, it explains why y happens or exists.
    Sense id: simple-account-en-verb-W990cAAV Categories (other): Verbs
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