Definition of account

noun (n)

• a record or narrative description of past events (noun.communication)

  Synonym: chronicle, history, story
  

  Example:
  He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a short account of the news (noun.communication)

  Synonym: news report, report, story, write up
  

  Example:
  The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services (noun.state)

  Synonym: business relationship
  

  Example:
  He asked to see the executive who handled his account.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. (noun.communication)

  Synonym: explanation
  

  Example:
  I expected a brief account.
  

  source: wordnet30
• grounds (noun.motive)

  Synonym: score
  

  Example:
  Don't do it on my account.
  The paper was rejected on account of its length.
  

  source: wordnet30
• importance or value (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  A person of considerable account.
  He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance (noun.possession)

  Synonym: account statement, accounting
  

  Example:
  They send me an accounting every month.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of informing by verbal report (noun.communication)

  Synonym: report
  

  Example:
  By all accounts they were a happy couple.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered (noun.communication)

  Synonym: bill, invoice
  

  Example:
  Send me an account of what I owe.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the quality of taking advantage (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  She turned her writing skills to good account.
  

  source: wordnet30
• A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something (verb.stative)

  Example:
  Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam.
  

  source: wordnet30
• keep an account of (verb.possession)

  Synonym: calculate
  

  source: wordnet30
• to give an account or representation of in words (verb.communication)

  Synonym: describe, report
  

  source: wordnet30
• furnish a justifying analysis or explanation (verb.communication)

  Synonym: answer for
  

  Example:
  I can't account for the missing money.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To reckon; to compute; to count. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. (verb)

  source: webster1913

Visual Synonyms (Thesaurus)

Explore account in VisualSynonyms.com