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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Martyrology :: Martyrology (n.) A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.
Fengite :: Fengite (n.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency..
Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books..
Falsification :: Falsification (n.) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.
Relation :: Relation (n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events..
Potamography :: Potamography (n.) An account or description of rivers; potamology.
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc..
Accountably :: Accountably (adv.) In an accountable manner.
Account :: 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..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads..
Pound :: Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..
Scudo :: Scudo (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same..
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer..
Blastoidea :: Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.
Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A tradesman's bill or account.
Gigantology :: Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.
Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars..
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