account
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- n a record or narrative description of past events
he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president - n a short account of the news
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious - n 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 - n a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
I expected a brief account - n grounds
don't do it on my account
the paper was rejected on account of its length - n importance or value
a person of considerable account
he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance - n a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
they send me an accounting every month - n the act of informing by verbal report
by all accounts they were a happy couple - n an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
send me an account of what I owe - n the quality of taking advantage
she turned her writing skills to good account - v 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 - v keep an account of
- v to give an account or representation of in words
- v furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
I can't account for the missing money
- As best I know, this was the first time that any news account mentioned the procedure that other practitioners would later rename "intact dilation and extraction.
- One lawyer for UBS account holders says he has at least one case in which a client used a Swiss bank account to hide assets from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
- He provided PTI with this account of Cho Seung-Hui's rampage.