Synonyms for account
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-kount |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkaʊnt |
Top 10 synonyms for account Other synonyms for the word account
- ABCs
- annal
- bad news
- balance
- blow by blow
- books
- bulletin
- cause
- chronicle
- computation
- cuff
- ground
- grounds
- grunt
- inventory
- invoice
- IOU
- justification
- ledger
- lowdown
- make
- motive
- narration
- play by play
- rationale
- rationalization
- reason
- recital
- reckoning
- regard
- register
- report
- run-down
- sake
- score
- statement
- story
- tab
- take
- tale
- tally
- the picture
- the whole picture
- version
Définition of account
Origin :- c.1300, "reckoning of money received and paid," from Old French acont "account, reckoning, terminal payment," from a "to" (see ad-) + cont "counting, reckoning of money to be paid," from Late Latin computus "a calculation," from Latin computare "calculate" (see compute).
- Meaning "sum of (one's) money in a bank" is from 1833. Sense of "narration" is first attested 1610s. Plural accounts used as a collective or singular in phrases such as to give accounts (of something), is from mid-13c. Phrase by all accounts is attested from 1798.
- noun written description of past events
- noun record of finances, fees, or charges
- noun basis or consideration for action
- Their freshness soon withered, on account of the shallowness of the earth.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- It won't be much, but I should like to do it on account of his kindness about the boat.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Not only that, but he would get into trouble with Mr. Paine on account of the damage which it had received.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I've got a New York paper giving an account of the whole thing.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It is on Mr. Haley's account that I prefer to keep it secret.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Nevertheless I continued to treat him well on account of the interest you felt in him.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- High above the roadside he had engraved an account of his glorious deeds.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Could not take another set of lunars on account of the cloudy weather.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- This account was soon settled, and Robert left the factory his own master.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I am extremely affected on my mother's account—more, I must needs say, than on my own.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
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