account

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”

the act of informing by verbal report

• “he heard reports that they were causing trouble”
• “by all accounts they were a happy couple”

a record or narrative description of past events

• “a history of France”
• “he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president”
• “the story of exposure to lead”

a short account of the news

• “the report of his speech”
• “the story was on the 11 o”
• “;”

a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance

• “they send me an accounting every month”

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”

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”

grounds

• “don”
• “;”
• “;”

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”

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

to give an account or representation of in words

• “Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental”

furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

• “I can”