account

account: /ə'kaυnt/ noun

1. a record of financial transactions over a period of time, such as money paid, received, borrowed or owed

● Please send me your account or a detailed or an itemised account.

2. (in a shop) an arrangement which a customer has to buy goods and pay for them at a later date, usually the end of the month

● to have an account or a charge account or a credit account with Harrods

● Put it on my account or charge it to my account.

● They are one of our largest accounts.

♦ to open an account (of a customer) to ask a shop to supply goods which you will pay for at a later date

♦ to open an account, to close an account (of a shop) to start or to stop supplying a customer on credit

♦ to settle an account to pay all the money owed on an account

♦ to stop an account to stop supplying a customer until payment has been made for goods supplied

3.

♦ on account as part of a total bill

♦ to pay money on account to pay to settle part of a bill

♦ advance on account money paid as a part payment

4. a customer who does a large amount of business with a firm and has an account with it

● Smith Brothers is one of our largest accounts.

● Our sales people call on their best accounts twice a month.

5.

♦ to keep the accounts to write each sum of money in the account book

● The bookkeeper’s job is to enter all the money received in the accounts.

6. STOCK EXCHANGE a period during which shares are traded for credit, and at the end of which the shares bought must be paid for

(NOTE: On the London Stock Exchange, there are twenty-four accounts during the year, each running usually for ten working days.)

7. notice

♦ to take account of inflation, to take inflation into account to assume that there will be a specific percentage of inflation when making calculations

■ verb

♦ to account for to explain and record a money transaction

● to account for a loss or a discrepancy

● The reps have to account for all their expenses to the sales manager.

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Synonyms:

Record, register, inventory, score, Render an account, answer in judgment, answer responsibly / Bill, charge, registry of debt and credit, Explain, elucidate, expound, trace to causes, give the philosophy of, clear up, exhibit the grounds, give a reason, show the reason, render a reason, assign the cause, make explanation of / Reckoning, computation, calculation, enumeration, tale, count / Description, statement, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, narrative, chronicle, history, delineation, representation, portrayal, detail, word, tidings, report / Explanation, exposition, clearing up, elucidation, exhibition of causes, reference to grounds, exploration into principles, philosophy / Consideration, regard, motive, reason, ground, sake / Consequence, importance, worth, distinction, dignity, repute, reputation, note / Profit, advantage, Esteem, regard, deem, judge, believe, take for, think, hold, consider, view, reckon, rate, estimate, look upon

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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
account — ► NOUN 1) a description of an event or experience. 2) a record of financial expenditure and receipts. 3) a service through a bank or similar organization by which funds are held on behalf of a client or goods or services are supplied on credit.… … English terms dictionary
account — [ə kount′] vt. [ME acounten < OFr aconter < a , to + conter, to tell < compter < L computare: see COMPUTE] to consider or judge to be; deem; value vi. 1. to furnish a reckoning (to someone) of money received and paid out 2. to make… … English World dictionary
account — I (evaluation) noun appraisal, assessment, com pre rendu, enumeration, financial statement, ledger, list of receipts and payments, ratio, register, statement, statement of debits and credits, statement of pecuniary transactions, tally, valuation… … Law dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
account — n 1 *use, service, advantage, profit, avail Analogous words: benefit (see corresponding verb at BENEFIT): usefulness, utility (see USE): *worth, value Contrasted words: futility, vanity, fruitlessness, bootlessness (see corresponding adjectives… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
account — The phrase on account of is a slightly formal preposition meaning ‘because of’ • (He remained miserable and ashamed, largely on account of his appetite which continued to torment him Anita Brookner, 1988). Its use (with or without of) as a… … Modern English usage
account — [n1] written description of past events ABCs*, annal, blow by blow*, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown*, make*, narration, narrative, play by play*, recital, report, run down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture*,… … New thesaurus
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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
account — /akˈkaunt, ingl. əˈkaunt/ s. m. inv. 1. account executive 2. (elab.) registrazione □ codice di registrazione … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
account — (izg. akȁunt) m DEFINICIJA int. mrežna identifikacija sa zaporkom i pravom pristupa koju dodjeljuje administrator sustava; korisnički račun ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal

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