account

account has 28 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
• n.. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
• n.. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
• n.. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
• v. t.. To reckon; to compute; to count.
• v. t.. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.
• v. t.. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
• v. t.. To recount; to relate.
• v. i.. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.