Main entry: account
Definition: the quality of taking advantage
Usage: she turned her writing skills to good account
Main entry: account
Definition: importance or value
Usage: a person of considerable account; he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance
Main entry: history, chronicle, story, account
Definition: a record or narrative description of past events
Usage: a history of France; he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president; the story of exposure to lead
Main entry: bill, account, invoice
Definition: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
Usage: he paid his bill and left; send me an account of what I owe
Main entry: account, report, write up, news report, story
Definition: a short account of the news
Usage: 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
Main entry: explanation, account
Definition: a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
Usage: the explanation was very simple; I expected a brief account
Definition: the act of informing by verbal report
Usage: he heard reports that they were causing trouble; by all accounts they were a happy couple
Definition: grounds
Usage: 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
Main entry: account, account statement, accounting
Definition: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
Usage: they send me an accounting every month
Main entry: business relationship, account
Definition: a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
Usage: he asked to see the executive who handled his account
Main entry: answer for, account
Definition: furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
Usage: I can't account for the missing money
Main entry: report, account, describe
Definition: to give an account or representation of in words
Usage: Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
Main entry: account, calculate
Definition: keep an account of
Main entry: account
Definition: be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
Usage: Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam