account

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An arrangement with a bank or company to keep or use money or services.

   I asked to see the manager who handled my account.

2. 2
   noun

   A spoken or written description of something that happened.

   She gave the police a detailed account of the robbery.

3. 3
   noun

   A record of money received and spent.

   They send me an account every month.

4. 4
   verb

   To explain the reason for something.

   I can't account for the missing money.

Common collocations

• suspense account Noun + noun
• theoretical account Adjective + noun
• unbiased account Adjective + noun
• tendentious account Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Old French conter Old French aconter Anglo-Norman acuntebor. Middle English acounte English account From Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aco…

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