Account definition

Account as a noun

1. a record or narrative description of past events

   "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"

   Same sense: story, history, chronicle

2. a short account of the news

   "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

   Same sense: story, report, news report, write up

3. 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"

   Same sense: business relationship

4. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.

   "I expected a brief account"

   Same sense: explanation

5. grounds

   "don't do it on my account"

   Same sense: score

6. importance or value

   "a person of considerable account"

7. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance

   "they send me an accounting every month"

   Same sense: account statement, accounting

8. the act of informing by verbal report

   "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

   Same sense: report

9. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered

   "send me an account of what I owe"

   Same sense: bill, invoice

10. the quality of taking advantage

    "she turned her writing skills to good account"

Account as a verb

11. 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"

12. keep an account of

    Same sense: calculate

13. to give an account or representation of in words

    Same sense: report, describe

14. furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

    "I can't account for the missing money"

    Same sense: answer for

Synonyms and antonyms

• story definition
• history definition
• chronicle
• report definition
• news report
• write up
• business relationship
• explanation
• score
• account statement
• accounting
• bill definition
• invoice
• calculate
• describe
• answer for

All synonyms of account, sense by sense

How to say account

Account has 2 syllables and rhymes with amount. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with account

• amount
• count
• mount
• discount
• paramount
• recount
• tantamount
• surmount
• catamount
• undercount
• miscount

ACCOUNT in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

15

Anagrams

0

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