a business arrangement involving the exchange of money or credit in which payment is deferred, or a record maintained by a financial institution itemizing its dealings with a particular customer
a client of an advertising or PR agency
a structured record of transactions in monetary terms, kept as part of an accounting system. This may take the form of a simple list or that of entries on a credit and debit basis, maintained either manually or as a computer record.
Wiktionary Definition for: Account
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian '''account''' of time.
Ex:*A beggarly '''account''' of empty boxes. - Shakespeare, ''Romeo and Juliet, V-i''
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.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory '''account''' has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for '''reason''', '''ground''', '''consideration''', '''motive''', etc.; as, on no '''account''', on every '''account''', on all '''accounts'''.
Ex:*A serious operation autopsy will be necessary before that can be done. But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be '''accounted''' for. - Doctor Watson in ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes''
A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an '''account''' of a battle.
Ex:*A laudable '''account''' of the city of London. - Howell
A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgement thereon.
Ex:*Give an '''account''' of thy stewardship. - ''Luke 16:2''
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgement.
Ex:*To stand high in your '''account''' - Shakespeare, ''Merchant of Venice, III-ii''
Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
Ex:*Men of '''account''' - Pope
Ex:*To turn to '''account''' - Shakespeare
A subscription to a service.
cattag transitive obsolete To reckon; to compute; to count.
Ex:''The motion of... the sun whereby years are '''accounted'''.'' - Sir T. Browne
cattag transitive rare To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with '''to'''. - Clarendon
transitive To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
Ex:*'''Accounting''' that God was able to raise him up. - ''Hebrews, 11:19''
cattag transitive obsolete To recount; to relate. - Chaucer
intransitive To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must '''account''' with or to the treasurer for money received.
intransitive To render an account; to answer in judgement; -- with '''for'''; as, we must '''account''' for the use of our opportunities.
intransitive To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with '''for'''; as, idleness '''accounts''' for poverty.
A loanword from English that means a subscription to an electronic service.
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