account
account is a 7-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
- noun. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
- noun. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
- noun. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
- noun. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
- noun. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- noun. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
- transitive verb. To reckon; to compute; to count.
- transitive verb. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.
- transitive verb. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
- transitive verb. To recount; to relate.
- intransitive verb. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
- intransitive verb. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
- intransitive verb. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
- noun. the quality of taking advantage
"she turned her writing skills to good account"
- noun. importance or value
"a person of considerable account"
"he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"
- noun. a record or narrative description of past events
"a history of France"
"he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"
- noun. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
"he paid his bill and left"
"send me an account of what I owe"
- noun. a short account of the news
"the report of his speech"
"the story was on the 11 o'clock news"
- noun. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
"the explanation was very simple"
"I expected a brief account"
- noun. the act of informing by verbal report
"he heard reports that they were causing trouble"
"by all accounts they were a happy couple"
- noun. grounds
"don't do it on my account"
"the paper was rejected on account of its length"
- noun. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
"they send me an accounting every month"
- noun. a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
"he asked to see the executive who handled his account"
- verb. furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
"I can't account for the missing money"
- verb. to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
- verb. keep an account of
- verb. be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
"Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"
Synonyms
chronicle, history, story, bill, invoice, report, explanation, score, accounting, describe, calculate
Common word forms
accounts, accounted, accounter, accounting, accountable, accountment
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