answers to

Verb

answer to (third-person singular simple present answers to, present participle answering to, simple past and past participle answered to)

1. To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.
   • I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me.
2. To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)
   • You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.
3. To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.
   • She's answered to Katie her entire life.