Definition of account

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Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank..

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Short :: Short (n.) A summary account.
Intelligible :: Intelligible () Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc..
Xeraphim :: Xeraphim (n.) An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee..
Exactness :: Exactness (n.) Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business..
Nondescript :: Nondescript (n.) A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable..
Ambs-ace :: Ambs-ace (n.) Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value..
Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..
Credit :: Credit (n.) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B..
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Equalize :: Equalize (v. t.) To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes..
Narratory :: Narratory (a.) Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters..
Through :: Through (prep.) Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account..
Inexplicable :: Inexplicable (a.) Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery..
Prest :: Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands..
Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
Return :: Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc..
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..
Bookkeeper :: Bookkeeper (n.) One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
Entry :: Entry (n.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5..
Marker :: Marker (n.) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards..
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