Definition of account

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Account (v. i.) To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received..

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Even :: Even (a.) Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain..
Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages..
Misreport :: Misreport (v. t. & i.) To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.
Thereupon :: Thereupon (adv.) On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore..
Suppute :: Supputation (n.) Reckoning; account.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..
Cosmogony :: Cosmogony (n.) The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.
Report :: Report (v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports..
Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension..
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..
Prompt :: Prompt (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note..
Accountably :: Accountably (adv.) In an accountable manner.
Nil :: Nil (n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains..
Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
Matter :: Matter (v. t.) To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
Invoice :: Invoice (v. t.) To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice..
Fear :: Fear (v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
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