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[1] an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
[2] an explanatory statement of conduct, as to a superior.
[3] a statement of reasons, causes, etc., explaining some event.
[4] reason; basis: On this account I'm refusing your offer.
[5] importance; worth; value; consequence: things of no account.
[6] estimation; judgment: In his account it was an excellent piece of work.
[7] an amount of money deposited with a bank, as in a checking or savings account: My account is now with Third National.
[8] Also called charge account. an accommodation or service extended by a business to a customer or client permitting the charging of goods or services, the returning for credit of unsatisfactory merchandise, etc.: Do you have an account at this store? My account with the restaurant is past due.
[9] a statement of financial transactions.
[10] Bookkeeping . a formal record of the debits and credits relating to the person, business, etc., named at the head of the ledger account. a balance of a specified period's receipts and expenditures.
[11] Commerce . a business relation in which credit is used. any customer or client, especially one carried on a regular credit basis. Also called advertising account. the business assigned to an advertising agency by a client: The toothpaste account was awarded to a new agency last year.
[12] to give an explanation (usually followed by for ): to account for the accident.
[13] to answer concerning one's conduct, duties, etc. (usually followed by for ): to account for the missing typewriters.
[14] to provide a report on money received, kept, and spent.
[15] to cause (usually followed by for ): The humidity accounts for our discomfort. His reckless driving accounted for the accident.
[16] to regard; consider as: I account myself well paid.
[17] to assign or impute (usually followed by to ): the many virtues accounted to him.
[18] call to account , to hold accountable; blame; reprimand: Call them to account for having endangered their lives. ask for an explanation of.
[19] give a good /bad account of , to do something or conduct oneself in a good (bad, etc.) manner: She gave a good account of herself in the tennis tournament.
[20] hold to account , to hold responsible; hold accountable or culpable: If any of the silver is missing, I'm going to hold you to account.
[21] on account , as an installment or a partial payment: I can't pay the balance, but here's $10 on account.
[22] on account of , by reason of; because of. for the sake of: She saw it through on account of me.
[23] on all accounts , in any case; under any circumstances. Also at all accounts.
[24] on no account , under no circumstances; absolutely not: On no account should you buy that painting without having it appraised.
[25] take account of , to make allowance for; consider: One must take account of the difficult circumstances. Taking account of the high overhead, the price is not excessive. to notice or observe. Also take into account.
[26] turn to account , to derive profit or use from; turn to advantage: She has turned her misfortunes to account.
[27] missing as many as 100 people are unaccounted for
[28] not included in an account 70 million dollars of unaccounted money
[29] not explained adequately unaccounted friendliness
[30] a verbal or written report, description, or narration of some occurrence, event, etc
[31] an explanation of conduct, esp one made to someone in authority
[32] ground; basis; consideration (often in the phrases on this (that, every, no, etc) account , on account of )
[33] importance, consequence, or value of little account
[34] assessment; judgment
[35] profit or advantage to turn an idea to account
[36] part or behalf (only in the phrase on one's or someone's account )
[37] finance a business relationship between a bank, department store, stockbroker, etc, and a depositor, customer, or client permitting the latter certain banking or credit services the sum of money deposited at a bank the amount of credit available to the holder of an account a record of these
[38] a statement of monetary transactions with the resulting balance
[39] (on the London Stock Exchange) the period, ordinarily of a fortnight's duration, in which transactions formerly took place and at the end of which settlements were made
[40] accounting a chronological list of debits and credits relating to a specified asset, liability, expense, or income of a business and forming part of the ledger
[41] a regular client or customer, esp a firm that purchases commodities on credit an area of business assigned to another they transferred their publicity account to a new agent
[42] call to account or bring to account to insist on explanation to rebuke; reprimand to hold responsible
[43] give a bad account of oneself to perform badly he gave a bad account of himself in the examination
[44] give a good account of oneself to perform well
[45] on account on credit Also: to account as partial payment
[46] on account of (preposition) because of; by reason of
[47] take account of or take into account to take into consideration; allow for
[48] settle accounts with or square accounts with to pay or receive a balance due to get revenge on (someone)
[49] See bank account, credit account
[50] (tr) to consider or reckon he accounts himself poor

Words nearby Unaccounted

accountaccosted, accouchement, accoucheur, accoucheur's hand, accoucheuse, account, account book, account current, account day, account executive, account for

Origin of Unaccounted

account1225–75; (noun) Middle English a(c)ount(e ), ac(c)ompte < Anglo-French, Old French aco(u)nte, acompte; (v.) Middle English ac(co)unten < Old French acunter, acompter. See ac-, count1

Other words from Unaccounted

pre·ac·count , verb
sub·ac·count , noun
un·ac·count·ed , adjective

Word origin for Unaccounted

accountC13: from Old French acont, from conter, compter to count 1