| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | ahkaw'nt |
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| Rhymes | amount, catamount, count, and 10 more rhymes in awnt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services. |
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| Examples | "he asked to see the executive who handled his account" |
| Synonyms | business relationship |
| Narrower | brokerage account; bank account; short account |
| Broader | relationship |
| Meaning | The act of informing by verbal report. |
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| Examples | "by all accounts they were a happy couple" |
| Synonyms | report |
| Narrower | summarization, summarisation; indirect discourse; direct discourse, direct quotation; megillah; debriefing; anecdote; narration, recital, yarn; gossip, comment, scuttlebutt |
| Broader | informing, making known |
| Meaning | A record or narrative description of past events. |
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| Examples | "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president" |
| Synonyms | history, chronicle, story |
| Category | history |
| Narrower | ancient history; etymology; case history; historical document, historical paper, historical record; annals, chronological record; biography, life, life story, life history; recital |
| Broader | record |
| Meaning | A short account of the news. |
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| Examples | "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" |
| Synonyms | report, news report, story, write up |
| Narrower | newsletter, newssheet; bulletin; dispatch, despatch, communique; exclusive, scoop |
| Broader | news |
| Meaning | A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance. |
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| Examples | "they send me an accounting every month" |
| Synonyms | accounting, account statement |
| Parts | balance |
| Narrower | capital account; capital account; profit and loss, profit and loss account; suspense account; expense account, travel and entertainment account |
| Broader | statement, financial statement |
| Meaning | A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
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| Examples | "I expected a brief account" |
| Synonyms | explanation |
| Parts | explicandum, explanandum; explanans |
| Narrower | simplification; accounting; reason; justification; exposition; explication; gloss, rubric; deriving, derivation, etymologizing; definition; interpretation; walk-through |
| Broader | statement |
| Verbs | account; account |
| Meaning | An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered. |
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| Examples | "send me an account of what I owe" |
| Synonyms | bill, invoice |
| Narrower | electric bill; hotel bill; medical bill, doctor's bill; phone bill, telephone bill; reckoning, tally; tax bill; check, chit, tab |
| Broader | statement, financial statement |
| Verbs | account |
| Meaning | Grounds. |
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| Examples | "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length" |
| Synonyms | score |
| Broader | reason, ground |
| Meaning | Importance or value. |
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| Examples | "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance" |
| Broader | importance |
| Meaning | The quality of taking advantage. |
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| Examples | "she turned her writing skills to good account" |
| Broader | profit, gain |
| Meaning | Be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam" |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Keep an account of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | calculate |
| Narrower | credit; balance; overbalance; debit; compound; charge, bill |
| Nouns | account; accounting; accounting; accounting; accountant; accounting |
| Meaning | To give an account or representation of in words. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | report, describe |
| Broader | inform |
| Nouns | account |
| Meaning | Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I can't account for the missing money" |
| Synonyms | answer for |
| Broader | declare |
| Nouns | account |