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Pronunciation


Etymology 1

From :w:Anglo-Norman|Anglo-Norman acunt "account", which comes from acont, which comes from aconter.

Noun

  1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
  2. :* A beggarly account of empty boxes. - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V-i
  3. 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; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
  4. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
  5. :* A serious operation [autopsy] will be necessary before that can be done. But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for. - Doctor Watson in The Return of Sherlock Holmes
  6. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
  7. :* A laudable account of the city of London. - Howell
  8. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgement thereon.
  9. :* Give an account of thy stewardship. - Luke 16:2
  10. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgement.
  11. :* To stand high in your account - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-ii
  12. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
  13. :* Men of account - Pope
  14. :* To turn to account - Shakespeare
  15. A subscription to a service.


Translations
Derived terms
  • account current: a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account
  • in account with: in a relation requiring an account to be kept
  • on account of: for the sake of; by reason of; because of
  • on one's own account: for one's own interest or behalf
  • to make account: (Obsolete): to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon
  • : Quotations
  • :* This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. - Milton
  • to make account of: to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty
  • to take account of, or to take into account: to take into consideration; to notice
  • bank account
  • : Quotations
  • :* Of their doings, God takes no account. - Milton
  • a writ of account: (Law): a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account - Cowell


Synonyms


Usage notes
  • of Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events
  • Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc.
  • A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc.
  • Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great.
  • Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc.


Etymology 2

From Middle English acounten, accompten, which comes from aconter, à (from ad) + conter "to count". In modern French conter to tell, compter to count, Latin computare. See count.

Verb

  1. In the Context of To reckon; to compute; to count.
  2. : The motion of... the sun whereby years are accounted. - Sir T. Browne
  3. In the Context of To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. - Clarendon
  4. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
  5. :* Accounting that God was able to raise him up. - Hebrews, 11:19
  6. In the Context of To recount; to relate. - Chaucer
  7. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
  8. To render an account; to answer in judgement; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
  9. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
  10. to get revenge on (someone).


Derived terms
  • to account for
  • to account of: to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive
  • :* I account her beauty. - Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, II-i
  • :* Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. - Canon Robinson


Translations


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Pronunciation


Noun

account ,

  1. A loanword from English that means a subscription to an electronic service.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Account \Ac*count"\, n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF.
acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1.]
1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a
record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
[1913 Webster]

A beggarly account of empty boxes. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. 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;
as, to keep one's account at the bank.
[1913 Webster]

3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc.,
explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has
been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often
used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive,
etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all
accounts.
[1913 Webster]

4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of
transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a
description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable
account of the city of London." --Howell.
[1913 Webster]

5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's
conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
[1913 Webster]

Give an account of thy stewardship. --Luke xvi. 2.
[1913 Webster]

6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. "To stand
high in your account." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of
account." --Pope. "To turn to account." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Account current, a running or continued account between two
or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such
an account.

In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be
kept.

On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of.


On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf.

To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to
reckon. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

This other part . . . makes account to find no
slender arguments for this assertion out of those
very scriptures which are commonly urged against it.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as,
he makes small account of beauty.

To take account of, or to take into account, to take into
consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no
account." --Milton
.

A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings
demanding that the defendant shall render his just
account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called
also an action of account. --Cowell.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description;
explanation; rehearsal.

Usage: Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These
words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a
series of events. Account turns attention not so
much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more
properly applies to the report of some single event,
or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an
account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A
narrative is a continuous story of connected
incidents, such as one friend might tell to another;
as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a
narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually
the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to
describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers
of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes
a series of events drawn out into minute particulars,
usually expressing something which peculiarly
interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the
recital of one's wrongs, disappointments,
sufferings, etc.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Account \Ac*count"\, v. i.
1. To render or receive an account or relation of
particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the
treasurer for money received.
[1913 Webster]

2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for;
as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
[1913 Webster]

3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to
explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
[1913 Webster]

To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only
in the passive. "I account of her beauty." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the
sixteenth century. --Canon
Robinson.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Account \Ac*count"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Accounting.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter,
[`a] (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to
count, L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are
accounted. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]

2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to
assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon.
[1913 Webster]

3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or
consider; to deem.
[1913 Webster]

Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb.
xi. 19.
[1913 Webster]

4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet account
n 1: 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"
[syn: business relationship]
2: the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports
that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they
were a happy couple" [syn: report]
3: 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" [syn:
history, chronicle, story]
4: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech";
"the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of
his speech that was given on the evening news made the
governor furious" [syn: report, news report, story,
write up]
5: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting
balance; "they send me an accounting every month" [syn: accounting,
account statement]
6: 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" [syn: explanation]
7: 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" [syn: bill, invoice]
8: grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was
rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the
victim but his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score]
9: importance or value; "a person of considerable account"; "he
predicted that although it is of small account now it will
rapidly increase in importance"
10: the quality of taking advantage; "she turned her writing
skills to good account"
v 1: 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"
2: keep an account of [syn: calculate]
3: to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet
Italian police described it in a manner typically
continental" [syn: report, describe]
4: furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't
account for the missing money" [syn: answer for]
Moby Dictionary
a reckoning of , account current , account for , account of ,
account rendered , account stated , accounting , accounts ,
acquaintance , acta , adjudge , adjudicate , advantage , aggregate ,
allow , allow for , allowance , amount , anecdotage , anecdote , annals ,
announcement , annual , answer for , approbation , approval ,
assessment , balance , bank account , bank balance , be judicious ,
benefit , bill , bill of account , bill of fare , bill of lading ,
blackmail , blood money , blue book , body count , books , box score ,
brief , briefing , bulletin , calculation , capitulation , carte ,
cash account , cast , catalog , census , census report , charge account ,
check , check of , checking account , chronicle , communication ,
communique , computation , consequence , consider , consideration ,
control account , conversion factor , correspondence , count ,
count of , credit , credit account , data , datum , deem , description ,
difference , directory , dispatch , documentation , dun ,
election returns , emolument , enlightenment , enumeration , epic ,
epos , esteem , estimation , evidence , exercise judgment ,
expense account , explain , explanation , express an opinion , face ,
face value , facts , factual information , familiarization , favor ,
fee , footing , form an opinion , gen , general information , guidebook ,
handout , hard information , head count , history , hold , honor ,
hush money , importance , incidental information , income account ,
info , information , initiation fee , instruction , intelligence ,
interest , inventory , invoice , itemized bill , judge , justify ,
knowledge , ledger , letters , light , list , manifest , market value ,
memorial , mention , menu , merit , message , mileage , minutes ,
narration , narrative , net worth , nose count , note , notice ,
notification , number , par value , pennyworth , pine , pipe roll ,
presentation , presume , proceedings , product , profit ,
promotional material , proof , provision account , publication ,
publicity , quantity , rate , recapitulation , recital , reckoning ,
record , recording , recount , recounting , regard , register , registry ,
rehearsal , relation , release , relic , remains , repertory , report ,
respect , retainer , retaining fee , returns , revenue account , roll ,
rolls , roster , rota , running account , saga , sake , sales account ,
savings account , score , scot , scroll , selling account , sidelight ,
significance , standing , statement , stipend , stock account , story ,
sum , summary , summation , summing , summing up , suppose ,
suspense account , tab , table , tabs of , take into consideration ,
take note of , tale , tally , tally of , the bottom line , the dope ,
the goods , the know , the record , the scoop , the story ,
the whole story , think of , token , total , trace , track of ,
transactions , transmission , tribute , use , valuation account , value ,
value received , vestige , white book , white paper , whole , word ,
worth , x number , yarn , yearbook


ACCOUNT, remedies. This is the name of a writ or action more properly called account render. 2. It is applicable to the, case of an unliquidated demand, against a person who is chargeable as bailiff or receiver. The use of it, is where the plaintiff wants an account and cannot give evidence of his right without it. 5 Taunt. 431 It is necessary where the receipt was directed to a merchandising which makes all uncertainty of the net remain, till the account is finished; or where a man is charged as bailiff, whereupon the certainty of his receipt appears not till account. Hob. 209.; See also 8 Cowen, R. 304; 9 Conn. R. 556; 2 Day, R. 28; Kirby, 164; 3 Gill & John. 388; 3 Verm. 485; 4 Watts, 420; 8 Cowen, 220. It is also the proper remedy by one partner against another. 15 S. & R. 153 3 Binn. 317; 10 S. & R. 220; 2 Conn. 425; 4 Verm. 137; 1 Dall. 340; 2 Watts 86. 3. The interlocutory judgment in this action is (quod computet) that the defendant render an account upon which judgment auditors are assigned to him to hear and report his account. (See I Lutwych, 47; 3 Leon. 149, for precedents) As the principal object of the action is to compel a settlement of the account in the first instance, special bail cannot be demanded, (2 Roll. Rep. 53; 2 Keble, 404,) nor are damages awarded upon the first judgment, nor given except ratione interplacitationis, (Cro. Eliz. 83; 5 Binn. 664; 24 Ed. 3. 16; 18 Ed. 3. 55; Reg. Brev. 136 b,) although it is usual to conclude the count with a demand of damages. (Lib. Int. fo. 16. fo. 20; 1 Lutw. 51. 58; 2 H. 7. 13.) The reason assigned for this rule, is, that it may be the defendant will not be found in arrears after he has accounted, and the court cannot know until the settlement of the account whether the plaintiff has been endamaged or not. 7 H. 6. 38. 4. This action combines the properties of a legal and equitable action. The proceedings up to the judgment quod computet, and subsequent to the account reported by the auditors are conducted upon the principles of the common law. But the account is to be adjusted upon the most liberal principles of equity and, good faith. (Per Herle, Ch. J. 3 Ed. 3. 10.) The court it is said are judges of the action - the auditors of the account, Bro. Ab. Ace. 48, and both are judges of record, 4 H. 6. 17; Stat. West. 2. c. 11. This action has received extension in Pennsylvania. 1 Dall. 339, 340. 5. The fist judgment (quod computet) is enforced by a capias ad computandum where defendant refuses to appear before the auditors, upon which he may be held to bail, or in default of bail be made to account in prison. The final judgment quod recuperet is enforced by fi. fa. or such other process as the law allows for the recovery of debts. 6. If the defendant charged as bailiff is found in surplusage, no judgment can be entered thereon to recover the amount so found in his favor against the plaintiff, but as the auditors are judges of record, he may bring an action of debt, or by some authorities a sci. fac. against the plaintiff, whereon he may have judgment and execution against the plaintiff. See Palm. 512; 2 Bulst. 277-8; 1 Leon. 219; 3 Keble Rep. 362; 1 Roll. Ab. 599, pl. 11; Bro. Ab. Acc. 62; 1 Roll. Rep. 87. See Bailiff, in account render. 7. In those states where they have courts of chancery, this action is nearly superseded by the better remedy which is given by a bill in equity, by which the complainant can elicit a discovery of the acts from the defendant under his oath, instead of relying merely on the evidence he may be able to produce. 9 John. R. 470; 1 Paige, R. 41; 2 Caines' Cas. Err. 38, 62; 1 J. J. Marsh. R. 82; Cooke, R. 420; 1 Yerg. R. 360; 2 John. Ch. R. 424; 10 John. R. 587; 2 Rand. R. 449; 1 Hen. & M9; 2 M'Cord's Ch. R. 469; 2 Leigh's R. 6. 8. Courts of equity have concurrent jurisdiction in matters of account with courts of law, and sometimes exclusive jurisdiction at least in some respects: For example; if a plaintiff be entitled to an account, a court of equity will restrain the defendant from proceeding in a claim, the correctness of which cannot be ascertained until the account be taken; but not where the subject is a matter of set-off. 1 Sch. & Lef. 309; Eden on Injunct. 23, 24. 9. When an account has voluntarily been stated between parties, an action of assumpsit may be maintained thereon. 3 Bl. Com. 162; 8 Com. Dig. 7; 1 Com. Dig. 180; 2 Ib. 468; 1 Vin. Ab. 135; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Doct. Pl. 26; Yelv. 202; 1 Supp. to Ves. Jr, 117; 2 Ib. 48, 136. Vide 1 Binn. R. 191; 4 Dall. R. 434; Whart. Dig. h.t. ; 3 Wils. 73, 94; 8 D.& R. 596; Bull. N. P. 128; 5 Taunt. 431; U. S. Dig. h.t.; 2 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 34-39.
ACCOUNT, practice. A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2. Every one who administers the affairs of another is required at the end of his administration to render an account of his management of the same. Trustees of every description can, in general, be compelled by courts of chancery to settle accounts, or otherwise fully execute their trusts. Where there are no courts of chancery, the courts of common law are usually invested with power for the same purposes by acts of legislation. When a party has had the property of another as his agent, he may be compelled at common law to account by an action of account render. 3. An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
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