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41account — {{11}}account (n.) c.1300, reckoning of money received and paid, from O.Fr. acont account, reckoning, terminal payment, from a to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + cont counting, reckoning of money to be paid, from L.L. computus a calculation, from L.… …
42account — I. n. 1. Record, register, inventory, score. 2. Bill, charge, registry of debt and credit. 3. Reckoning, computation, calculation, enumeration, tale, count. 4. Description, statement, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, narrative, chronicle …
43give a good account of — phrasal : to acquit (oneself) well able to give a good account of himself in a street brawl W.J.Ghent …
44account for — 1) they must account for the delay Syn: explain, answer for, give reasons for, rationalize, justify 2) taxes account for much of the price of gasoline Syn: constitute, make up, form, compose, represent …
45account for — 1) they must account for the delay Syn: explain, answer for, give reasons for, justify 2) excise duties account for over half the price Syn: constitute, make up, comprise, represent, be responsible for, produce …
46give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …
47Account Settlement — The summary of business operations and performance for a fiscal period. This statement often includes financial results of the company s main operations along with key performance metrics, which help to give investors and other users an idea of… …
48give a good account of yourself — British to behave or perform very well We gave a good account of ourselves, coming second overall …
49account for something to somebody — acˈcount for sth (to sb) derived to give a record of how the money in your care has been spent • We have to account for every penny we spend on business trips. Main entry: ↑accountderived …
50account for — Synonyms and related words: accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, allegorize, apply to, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, blame, blame for, blame on, bring home to, charge on, charge to, clarify, clear, clear up, confess, connect… …
