on account of
on account of preposition: on behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
Preposition
on account of
- On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
- […] and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic...1842 August 29, Treaty of Nanking
- Because of, due to, owing to.
- The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 157
- ‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’
- ‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian.
- ‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, pages 18–19
Conjunction
on account of
- On account of the fact that: because, since.
- […] I had a pretty good notion of the weather conditions generally, on account of I was out in them.1998, Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Broadway Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 213
- Truth is I was the kind of fellow who people would run away from when they seen me coming on account of I was so full of facts and names and places and families I had to tell about.1999, Craig S. Womack, Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 216
- Synonyms:
- as, given that, seeing that
on account of meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi
on account of in Tamil
- For the sake of
- பொருட்டு poruṭṭu
- because of, owing to
- பொருட்டு poruṭṭu
on account of in Bengali
- on account of
- বাবত babot
on account of in Malayalam
- on account of
- അഭി abhi
on account of in Punjabi
- on account of
- ਬਾਬਤ bābat
More languagesFewer languages
- on account of in Odia
- ଦ୍ୱାରା -dwara
- on account of in Sanskrit
- हि hi
- on account of in Arabic
- بِسَبَب bisabab, لِأَن liʔan
Synonyms of on account of
Forms of on account of
| alternative form | on something's account |
|---|---|
| alternative form | on account thereof |
| alternative form | onaccounta |
Questions about on account of
- What does on account of mean?
- On account of means on behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.
- What is on account of in Tamil?
- On account of in Tamil is பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu). See On account of meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is on account of?
- On account of can be a preposition or a conjunction.
Words near on account of in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: on account of (page history and authors); বাবত (Bengali) (page history and authors); അഭി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਬਾਬਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଦ୍ୱାରା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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