account

account

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈkaʊnt/]

Senses

1. account (noun) — sense 1

Definition: 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.

Example: The firm failed to file its accounts on time.

2. account (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A bank account.

Example: The money was refunded to her account.

3. account (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

Example: No satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena.

Structure of the word

Roots:
  • pewh (Proto-Indo-European)

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