Synonyms: account
Definition: the quality of taking advantage
Usage: she turned her writing skills to good account
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: importance
Definition: the quality of being important and worthy of note
Usage: the importance of a well-balanced diet
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: record
Definition: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
Usage: the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: statement, financial statement
Definition: a document showing credits and debits
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: news
Definition: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
Usage: the news of my death was greatly exaggerated
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: statement
Definition: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
Usage: according to his statement he was in London on that day
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
Similar words: making known, informing
Definition: a speech act that conveys information
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
Definition: a rational motive for a belief or action
Usage: the reason that war was declared; the grounds for their declaration
Synonyms: account, account statement, accounting
Definition: a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
Usage: they send me an accounting every month
Similar words: statement, financial statement
Definition: a document showing credits and debits
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: relationship
Definition: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
Synonyms: answer for, account
Definition: furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
Usage: I can't account for the missing money
Similar words: declare
Definition: state emphatically and authoritatively
Usage: He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Synonyms: report, account, describe
Definition: to give an account or representation of in words
Usage: Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
Similar words: inform
Definition: impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
Usage: I informed him of his rights
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer