accounted

account[ ə'kauntid ]

• 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"

    同义词：business relationship

  • the act of informing by verbal report

    "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

    同义词：report

  • a record or narrative description of past events

    "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"

    同义词：historychroniclestory

  • a short account of the news

    "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

    同义词：reportnews reportstorywrite up

  • a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance

    "they send me an accounting every month"

    同义词：accountingaccount statement

  • a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

    "I expected a brief account"

    同义词：explanation

  • an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

    "send me an account of what I owe"

    同义词：billinvoice

  • grounds

    "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"

    同义词：score

  • importance or value

    "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"

  • 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"

  • keep an account of

    同义词：calculate

  • to give an account or representation of in words

    同义词：reportdescribe

  • furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

    "I can't account for the missing money"

    同义词：answer for