Definition of account

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Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty..

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Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Skilling :: Skilling (n.) A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck..
Comptible :: Comptible (v. t.) Accountable; responsible; sensitive.
Pursue :: Pursue (v. t.) To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
Fear :: Fear (v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
Scalper :: Scalper (n.) A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market..
Yen :: Yen (n.) The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen..
Accountancy :: Accountancy (n.) The art or employment of an accountant.
Gem :: Gem (n.) Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying..
Accountable :: Accountable (a.) Capable of being accounted for; explicable.
Unaccountable :: Unaccountable (a.) Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious.
Exactness :: Exactness (n.) Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Misrepresentation :: Misrepresentation (n.) Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives..
Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
Reck :: Reck (v. i.) To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.
About :: About (prep.) Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
Misenter :: Misenter (v. t.) To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account..
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
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