acount

Noun

account (plural accounts)

1. 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.
   • The firm failed to file its accounts on time.
2. A bank account.
   • The money was refunded to her account.
3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
   • Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60

   Synonyms:

   accounting, explanation

4. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
   • Don't trouble yourself on my account.
5. A record of events; a relation or narrative.
   • An account of a battle.

   Synonyms:

   narrative, narration, relation, recital, report, description, explanation

6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
   • To stand high in your account1623, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 2

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